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New Road Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough PE7 1SZ · newroadprimary.com · 01733 204422
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 31%
- 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
- 310
- 50 over 260 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.2%
- First language not English
- 13.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 34 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 | 34 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 31% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▼31% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected New Road Primary & Nursery School on 14 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 14 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective - Sept 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 28
- 14% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied