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Newton Longville Church of England Primary School

Primary · Newton Longville · MK17 0BZ

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 6 October 2026

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At a glance

197 pupils · 94% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.newton-longville-school.co.uk/
URN
110440

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.112 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 15 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.112 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers71.5%
Buckinghamshire average66.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St John's CofE Primary SchoolWelwyn · 27 miles awayGood73%
Nettlebed Community SchoolHenley-on-Thames · 29 miles awayGood100%
St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior SchoolWare · 33 miles awayGood65%
St John's Primary SchoolWallingford · 30 miles awayGood57%
Greatham Primary SchoolLiss · 62 miles awayGood75%
Trawden Forest Primary SchoolColne · 141 miles awayGood76%
Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England SchoolChesham · 16 miles awayRequires improvement66%
The Ferncumbe CofE Primary SchoolWarwick · 44 miles awayGood82%
Escrick Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 132 miles awayGood78%
Worlebury St Pauls Church SchoolWeston-Super-Mare · 103 miles awayExpected standard59%
Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary SchoolChorley · 143 miles awayGood42%
Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBracknell · 37 miles awayGood (2019)70%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · White Irish 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.50 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Buckinghamshire: 2.72 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

23.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £44,624; 18.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,694
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £177,712; in-year balance -£882

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.6%62.3%
Social housing12.6%17.1%
Privately rented6.6%20.5%
Detached houses45.2%22.9%
Flats4.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017695 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£400,00057 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£520,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£564,000
Semi-detached (29)£365,000
Terraced (5)£326,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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