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The Newton Community Primary School

Primary · St Neots · PE19 6TL

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 September 2023

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At a glance

54 pupils · 51% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
30.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://eltisleynewton.com
URN
110717

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 7 Reception places, 0.86 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2017 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 6 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 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2017 entry)

Criterion 6
4.493 miles

2017 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2025.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
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 school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers55%
Cambridgeshire average60.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Leeming St. John's Church of England Primary SchoolNorthallerton · 156 miles awayGood67%
Plymtree Church of England Primary SchoolCullompton · 168 miles awayGood22%
Charsfield Church of England Primary SchoolWoodbridge · 61 miles awayGood60%
Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary SchoolThatcham · 69 miles awayGood70%
Littledean Church of England Primary SchoolCinderford · 103 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Withington Primary SchoolHereford · 106 miles awayGood21%
Admiral Long Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 140 miles awayGood33%
Yaxham Church of England Primary AcademyDereham · 56 miles awayExpected standard76%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 190 miles awayRequires improvement71%
Partney Church of England Aided Primary SchoolSpilsby · 68 miles awayRequires improvement11%
Brook Community Primary SchoolAshford · 87 miles awayGood62%
Hemington Primary SchoolDerby · 66 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Cambridgeshire 66%, England 60%) · Not recorded 9% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 7% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 4%) · White Gypsy/Roma 7% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Cambridgeshire 11%, England 7%)

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)
8.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.92 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cambridgeshire: 4.55 suspensions and 0.03 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
17.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £44,672; 25% 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£11,544
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £71,722; in-year balance +£10,322

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.5%62.3%
Social housing9.6%17.1%
Privately rented18%20.5%
Detached houses43.4%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033118 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£537,50010 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£445,500–£577,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£570,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of 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

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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