Newcomen Primary School
Trent Road, Redcar, TS10 1NL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Kinga Pusztai
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Redcar
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 396
- Pupils on roll
- 341
- URN
- 111638
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642484318
About this school
Newcomen Primary School is a community primary school in Redcar. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 341 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 49 | 48 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 82% | 92% | 93% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 25% | 28% |
| Expected standard in reading | 96% | 96% | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 98% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 96% | 98% | 100% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 110.0 | 112.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +7.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +6.20 | - | - |
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 Newcomen 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 | Redcar and Cleveland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 82% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 92% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 93% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 385 |
| 2023/24 | 361 |
| 2024/25 | 345 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newcomen Primary School compares
Newcomen Primary School ranked 1st of 43 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 93% | 3.8% | 20% | 341 | — |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School | 76% | 5.9% | 35.6% | 387 | 0.3 miles |
| Lakes Primary School | 56% | 5.7% | 48.8% | 267 | 0.5 miles |
| Riverdale Primary School | 43% | 5.8% | 34.9% | 179 | 0.5 miles |
| Coatham Church of England Primary School | 74% | 4.8% | 34.1% | 201 | 0.7 miles |
| Green Gates Primary School | 75% | 4.8% | 65.8% | 248 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.8%
- Persistent absence
- 6.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Redcar
-
Lakes Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Redcar
-
Riverdale Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Redcar
-
Coatham Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Redcar
-
Green Gates Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Redcar
Other schools in Redcar
Newcomen Primary School ranks 1st of the 16 ranked primary schools in Redcar.
- Coatham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dormanstown Primary Academy Primary
- Errington Primary School Primary
- Green Gates Primary School Primary
- Ings Farm Primary School Primary
- John Emmerson Batty Primary School Primary
- Lakes Primary School Primary
- New Marske Primary School Primary
- Riverdale Primary School Primary
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Westgarth Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Newcomen Primary School teach?
- Newcomen Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Redcar.
- Who is the headteacher of Newcomen Primary School?
- The headteacher of Newcomen Primary School is Miss Kinga Pusztai, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Newcomen Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Newcomen Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Newcomen Primary School?
- Newcomen Primary School has 341 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Newcomen Primary School full?
- Newcomen Primary School has capacity for 396 pupils and 341 on roll (86%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Newcomen Primary School a faith school?
- No. Newcomen Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Newcomen Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Newcomen Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Newcomen Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 82% in 2022/23 and 93% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Newcomen Primary School rank locally?
- Newcomen Primary School ranked 1st of 43 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Newcomen Primary School's absence rate?
- Newcomen Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Newcomen Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newcomen 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 29 June 2026.