Primary school

Newlands Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Kent
  • CT11 7AJ
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 5,104 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 34%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 46%46%2016/17: top 80%2017/18: top 98%2018/19: top 81%2022/23: top 19%19% · 2022/232023/24: top 32%2024/25: top 34%No exams

Against South EastArrows: South East rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM70% · South East 64%7/10 Above+51.6 pts
Higher standard, RWM12% · South East 7%8/10 Above+71.8 pts
Reading score105 · South East 1063/10 Below+25.2 pts
Maths score107 · South East 1058/10 Above+66.4 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 57% · 46 pupils · South East 57%2016/17: 49% · 43 pupils · South East 65%2017/18: 29% · 59 pupils · South East 68%2018/19: 54% · 81 pupils · South East 68%2022/23: 74% · 43 pupils · South East 61%2023/24: 70% · 43 pupils · South East 62%2024/25: 70% · 43 pupils · South East 64%74%29%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 46 pupils · South East 5%2016/17: 7% · 43 pupils · South East 8%2017/18: 0% · 59 pupils · South East 10%2018/19: 0% · 81 pupils · South East 10%2022/23: 14% · 43 pupils · South East 7%2023/24: 2% · 43 pupils · South East 7%2024/25: 12% · 43 pupils · South East 7%14%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 46 pupils · South East 1032016/17: 102 · 43 pupils · South East 1052017/18: 100 · 59 pupils · South East 1062018/19: 100 · 81 pupils · South East 1052022/23: 108 · 43 pupils · South East 1062023/24: 106 · 43 pupils · South East 1062024/25: 105 · 43 pupils · South East 106108100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 46 pupils · South East 1032016/17: 101 · 43 pupils · South East 1042017/18: 97 · 59 pupils · South East 1052018/19: 102 · 81 pupils · South East 1052022/23: 104 · 43 pupils · South East 1042023/24: 104 · 43 pupils · South East 1042024/25: 107 · 43 pupils · South East 10510797No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in96.5%
28 of 29 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 96.6%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2928
2nd112
3rd100

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequate
  4. 2014Requires improvement
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2022Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026257
Free school meals (past 6 years)65.1%
First language not English21.7%
SEN support14.7%
EHC plan6.6%
Absence (sessions missed)7.6%
Persistently absent pupils26.4%

Girls 50.4%Boys 49.6%

81.6% full · 315 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.8
Pupils per adult12.9
  • Classroom teachers 9.8
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 8.1
  • Other support 4.2

Teachers 11.8 FTE · Whole workforce 24.1 · 27 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,306
Spend per pupil£6,659
Staff spend per pupil£5,267
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£167,000in-year balance

Grants £7,178 · self-generated £128 · premises £516 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST (45 academies) · trust reserve £10,108,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it