The Newton Community Primary School

About The Newton Community Primary School

The Newton Community Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained consistently across its two most recent inspections. In its 2023 graded inspection, the school received Good marks across all five categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The most telling academic metric for this small primary school is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard attainment. Just 50% of pupils reached this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year, which places the school below the Cambridgeshire local authority average of 58%. Nationally, this result puts the school in the bottom 22% of all primary schools, and within South Cambridgeshire it ranks 43rd out of 55 schools on this measure. Only 10% of pupils achieved the higher standard in all three subjects, compared with 20% reaching the higher bar in reading and writing individually.

Looking more closely at the individual subject scores from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 tests, the picture is mixed. In reading, pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104, with 60% meeting the expected standard and 20% reaching the higher standard. Maths saw a slightly lower average score of 102, with 60% at the expected level and just 10% at the higher level. Writing fared best, with 70% of pupils meeting the expected standard and 20% achieving greater depth. The school's Progress 8 scores are not available, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. With only 52 pupils on roll and a capacity of 105, the school is significantly under-enrolled, which may affect cohort sizes for these assessments. The school's overall ranking score of 50 places it in the bottom 50 tier nationally, and it sits 143rd out of 210 similar schools in Cambridgeshire.

The school is oversubscribed for Reception places in the 2025/26 academic year, with 14 applications for just 5 places and all 5 first-preference offers accepted, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.8 to 1. Facilities include a gymnasium, playing fields, a forest school, a library and a chapel, and the school offers a broad range of sports including swimming, athletics, tennis, gymnastics, cricket, netball and cross country. Clubs range from coding and choir to gardening, science club, eco club and drama. The school provides for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and physical disabilities. With a free school meals rate of 26.9%, above the national average, the school serves a relatively disadvantaged intake. This is a small village primary that suits families who value a close-knit, community feel and a forest school approach, but who should be aware that academic outcomes are below the local average. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School, 3.7 kilometres away.

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