Newton-le-Willows Primary School

Community school·Primary school Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens·WA12 9UF
Composite score
47.0
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#8,410
National rank
#1198
In North West
#29
In St. Helens
Top 57%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
47 first choices, 56 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
131
any preference, for 56 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
0.9120220.8620230.9720240.8120250.842026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Newton-le-Willows Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
602
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,313
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Newton-le-Willows Primary School at a glance

Located in Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens, Newton-le-Willows Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 602 pupils aged 3 to 11. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Newton-le-Willows Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 56 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. Newton-le-Willows Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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