Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Gosport · PO12 1JD
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.
Inspected 19 November 2019
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361 pupils · 88% of 410 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 46% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 17% of pupils
- SEN support
- 17.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.8% of pupils
- Website
- www.newtownceprimary.co.uk
- URN
- 116336
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place59 places offered · 59 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
38 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 29 April 2025: Standards maintained
- 19 November 2019: Good
- 4 July 2018: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 27 June 2017: Requires improvement
- 5 November 2015: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St Vincent College
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior School
- Haselworth Primary School
- St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- Brockhurst Primary School
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School