Newton Hill Community School

Community school·Primary school Wakefield·WF1 2HR
Composite score
66.3
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#2,404
National rank
#227
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#25
In Wakefield
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
84%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
134
any preference, for 44 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.31
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020220.8120230.8420241.1820250.862026

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

Every child who put Newton Hill Community 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
330
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,570
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Newton Hill Community School

Newton Hill Community School is a primary school in Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 330 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 11.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Newton Hill Community School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 38 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 24.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Newton Hill Community 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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