Newport Primary School
Frambury Lane, Newport, CB11 3PU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Amy Wareham
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 155
- URN
- 114985
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01799540055
About this school
Newport Primary School is a community primary school in Newport. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 155 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Newport Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found some aspects are not as strong as at the previous inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 29 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 45% | 16% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 69% | 37% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 52% | 37% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 52% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 106.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.20 | - | - |
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 Newport 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 | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 16% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 190 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 163 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newport Primary School compares
Newport Primary School ranked 388th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 16% | 6.2% | 17.8% | 155 | — |
| Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 75% | 4% | 2.2% | 98 | 2.3 miles |
| Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy | 78% | 4.2% | 11.7% | 140 | 2.3 miles |
| Katherine Semar Junior School | 79% | 3.1% | 12.9% | 256 | 2.6 miles |
| Katherine Semar Infant School | — | 3.7% | 10.6% | 180 | 2.6 miles |
| Clavering Primary School | 86% | 4.2% | 6.6% | 179 | 3.0 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
-
Ungraded inspection report12 February 2025
- 11 March 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.79%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.19%
- Persistent absence
- 11.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy2.3 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Katherine Semar Junior School2.6 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Katherine Semar Infant School2.6 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Clavering Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
Common questions
- What ages does Newport Primary School teach?
- Newport Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Newport.
- Who is the headteacher of Newport Primary School?
- The headteacher of Newport Primary School is Miss Amy Wareham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Newport Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Newport 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 many pupils are at Newport Primary School?
- Newport Primary School has 155 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Newport Primary School full?
- Newport Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 155 on roll (74%), 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 Newport Primary School a faith school?
- No. Newport Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Newport Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Newport Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Newport Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 16% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Newport Primary School compare with other schools in Essex?
- Newport Primary School ranked 388th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Newport Primary School's absence rate?
- Newport Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Newport Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newport 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 30 June 2026.