Newtown Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Exeter, Devon·EX1 2BP
Composite score
67.8
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#2,093
National rank
#173
In South West
#28
In Devon
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
81%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 13 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.8920240.9220250.922026

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

Every child who put Newtown 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
133
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
45.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,211
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Newtown Primary School

Newtown Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 133 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 81% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 17.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% 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 Newtown Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 13 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Newtown Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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