Newhall Community Junior School
Chesterfield Avenue, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TR
This school is closed (it closed in June 2024).
It was replaced by Newhall Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Weaver
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 356
- Pupils on roll
- 309
- URN
- 112635
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Newhall Community Junior School was a community primary school in Swadlincote. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 309 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Newhall Community Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 71 | 77 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.40 | - |
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 Newhall Community Junior 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 298 |
| 2023/24 | 309 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newhall Community Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 48% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.8% | 50.2% | 309 | — |
| Newhall Junior School | 42% | 6.3% | 48.2% | 284 | 0.0 miles |
| Newhall Infant School | — | 7.1% | 45.2% | 175 | 0.1 miles |
| Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School | 71% | 6.1% | 38.3% | 207 | 0.5 miles |
| Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School | — | 7.8% | 49.2% | 155 | 0.9 miles |
| St Edward's Catholic Academy | 45% | 5.8% | 24.6% | 248 | 0.9 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)
- 50.2%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.8%
- Persistent absence
- 16.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newhall Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
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Newhall Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
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Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
-
Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
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St Edward's Catholic Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
Other schools in Swadlincote
- Albert Village Primary School Primary
- Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Church Gresley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary School Primary
- Donisthorpe Primary School Primary
- Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School Primary
- Eureka Primary School Primary
- Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School Primary
- Hartshorne CofE Primary School Primary
- Linton Primary School Primary
- Measham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Moira Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Newhall Community Junior School teach?
- Newhall Community Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Swadlincote.
- Has Newhall Community Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Newhall Community Junior 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 big is Newhall Community Junior School?
- Newhall Community Junior School had 309 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Newhall Community Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Newhall Community Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newhall Community Junior 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 9 July 2024.