Newlands Primary School
Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1BB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Michelle Hawke
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 270
- URN
- 133318
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01924302585
About this school
Newlands Primary School is a community primary school in Normanton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 270 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Newlands 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 44 | 30 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 20% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 30% | 49% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 43% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 50% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Newlands 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 | Wakefield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41% | 59.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 20% | 62.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 63.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 312 |
| 2023/24 | 305 |
| 2024/25 | 297 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newlands Primary School compares
Newlands Primary School ranked 93rd of 98 primary schools in Wakefield for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 7% | 49.6% | 270 | — |
| Normanton Junior Academy | 83% | 4.3% | 30.4% | 357 | 0.4 miles |
| Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School | — | 4.7% | 17.4% | 289 | 0.5 miles |
| St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | 48% | 4.2% | 13.4% | 221 | 0.7 miles |
| Altofts Junior Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.8 miles |
| Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School | — | 3.8% | 13.3% | 151 | 1.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.63%
- English as an additional language
- 17.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.01%
- Persistent absence
- 23.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Normanton Junior Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Normanton
-
Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Normanton
-
St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Normanton
-
Altofts Junior Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Normanton
-
Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Normanton
Other schools in Normanton
- Altofts Junior Academy Primary
- Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Martin Frobisher Infant School Primary
- Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School Primary
- Normanton Common Primary Academy Primary
- Normanton Junior Academy Primary
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Primary
- Outwood Academy Freeston Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Newlands Primary School teach?
- Newlands Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Normanton.
- Who is the headteacher of Newlands Primary School?
- The headteacher of Newlands Primary School is Miss Michelle Hawke, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Newlands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Newlands 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 Newlands Primary School?
- Newlands Primary School has 270 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Newlands Primary School full?
- Newlands Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 270 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 Newlands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Newlands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Newlands Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Newlands Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Newlands Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Newlands Primary School's special educational needs provision as: OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Newlands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Newlands Primary School compare with other schools in Wakefield?
- Newlands Primary School ranked 93rd of 98 primary schools in Wakefield for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Newlands Primary School's absence rate?
- Newlands Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Newlands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newlands 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.