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Newcomen Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Trent Road, Redcar TS10 1NL · newcomenprimary.co.uk · 01642 484318
On the mapSearch near TS10 1NL
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 93%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Redcar and Cleveland 64%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 341
- 86% of 396 places
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.6%
- First language not English
- 2.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 45 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 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 27 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 47 | 48 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 53 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 28% the higher standard. Across Redcar and Cleveland it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲93% | 62% | ||
| ▲28% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲112 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲115 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Newcomen Primary School on 19 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jun 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (47 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 47
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied