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The Newton Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Caxton End, Eltisley, St Neots PE19 6TL · eltisleynewton.com · 01480 880215
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 33%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 54
- 51% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 25%
- First language not English
- 7.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 7 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Cambridgeshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼33% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
The Newton Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 31
- 1% · 2 Sept 2024
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied