Newtown Community Primary School is a primary school located in Trowbridge. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 11/03/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.8%, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Newtown, Trowbridge

School Information

Address: Newtown, Trowbridge, BA14 0BB
Website: www.newtownschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01225752678
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wiltshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Chris Marshall
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 126293

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 11/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 310
Number of Pupils: 200
Number of Boys: 110
Number of Girls: 90

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: -1.8 Confidence interval -4.2 to 0.5
Writing
Well Above Average: 3.8 Confidence interval 1.6 to 5.9
Maths
Average: -0.3 Confidence interval -2.4 to 1.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:60%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:3%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newtown Community Primary School
Newtown , BA14 0BB 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge
Wingfield Road , BA14 9EA 		3out of 4 344 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Oasis Academy Longmeadow
Broadcloth Lane , BA14 7HE 		2out of 4 958 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Walwayne Court School
Brook Road , BA14 9DU 		3out of 4 961 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Holbrook Primary School
Holbrook Lane , BA14 0PS 		3out of 4 1,134 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The John of Gaunt School
Wingfield Road , BA14 9EH 		3out of 4 571 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Augustine's Catholic College
Wingfield Road , BA14 9EN 		4out of 4 592 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Clarendon Academy
Frome Road , BA14 0DJ 		3out of 4 752 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Emmaus School
School Lane , Staverton BA14 6NZ 		- not rated 3,210 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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