Newfield Park Primary School
Whittingham Road, Halesowen, B63 3TP
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Newfield Park Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen Payne
- Constituency
- Halesowen and Rowley Regis
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 490
- Pupils on roll
- 443
- URN
- 103815
- Local authority
- Dudley
About this school
Newfield Park Primary School was a community primary school in Halesowen. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 443 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Newfield Park Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 89 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Newfield Park Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 66% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 474 |
| 2023/24 | 443 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newfield Park Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.1% | 11.3% | 443 | — |
| Newfield Park Primary Academy | 75% | 4.4% | 11.2% | 472 | 0.0 miles |
| Halesowen CofE Primary School | 65% | 7.6% | 62.8% | 190 | 0.5 miles |
| Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School | 93% | 4.2% | 10.7% | 203 | 0.5 miles |
| Tenterfields Primary Academy | 50% | 4.9% | 15.2% | 229 | 0.6 miles |
| Huntingtree Primary School | — | 5.5% | 35.4% | 438 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.3%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.1%
- Persistent absence
- 10.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newfield Park Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Halesowen CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School0.5 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Tenterfields Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Huntingtree Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Halesowen
Other schools in Halesowen
- Caslon Primary Community School Primary
- Colley Lane Primary Academy Primary
- Cradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Halesowen CofE Primary School Primary
- Howley Grange Primary School Primary
- Huntingtree Primary School Primary
- Hurst Green Primary School Primary
- Lapal Primary School Primary
- Lutley Primary School Primary
- Manor Way Primary Academy Primary
- Newfield Park Primary Academy Primary
- Olive Hill Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Newfield Park Primary School teach?
- Newfield Park Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Halesowen.
- Has Newfield Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Newfield Park Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Newfield Park Primary School?
- Newfield Park Primary School had 443 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Newfield Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Newfield Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newfield Park Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2024.