Newlands Community Primary School

School overview

Newlands Community Primary School is a primary school serving Leicester, Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as an academy converter. It has 300 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Newlands Community Primary School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 30.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). If you are considering Newlands Community 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 further down the page.