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Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Newnham · GL14 1AT

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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: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 8 October 2026

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At a glance

120 pupils · 86% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
7.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.nspschool.uk
URN
150091

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold 15 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. 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 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Gloucestershire average61.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Burton Green Church of England AcademyKenilworth · 53 miles awayGood82%
Culmstock Primary SchoolCullompton · 71 miles awayGood63%
Hartpury Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 10 miles awayGood33%
Shipton Bellinger Primary SchoolTidworth · 53 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Wix and Wrabness Primary SchoolManningtree · 153 miles awayGood83%
Whiteshill Primary SchoolStroud · 10 miles awayGood50%
Eardisley CofE Primary SchoolHereford · 33 miles awayGood79%
The Weald CofE Primary SchoolDorking · 102 miles awayGood54%
Sparkwell All Saints Primary SchoolPlymouth · 118 miles awayGood73%
Stow-on-the-Wold Primary SchoolCheltenham · 33 miles awayGood44%
Kentisbeare Church of England Primary SchoolCullompton · 75 miles awayExpected standard64%
Bucklesham Primary SchoolIpswich · 160 miles awayGood71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 0%)

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)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.01 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Gloucestershire: 3.19 suspensions and 0.08 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
24.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5 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 £48,538; 16.7% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,827
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£2,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health42%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.2%62.3%
Social housing7.7%17.1%
Privately rented17%20.5%
Detached houses35.7%22.9%
Flats8.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022265 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£322,50066 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£260,000–£408,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£425,000
Semi-detached (26)£297,500
Terraced (19)£275,000
Flat (6)£172,500

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

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a 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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