Newington Community Primary School
Princess Margaret Avenue, Ramsgate, CT12 6HX
This school is closed (it closed in June 2024).
It was replaced by Newington Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Headteacher Hannah Tudor
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South Thanet
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 694
- Pupils on roll
- 693
- URN
- 135214
- Local authority
- Kent
About this school
Newington Community Primary School was a community primary school in Ramsgate. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 693 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Newington Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2007, 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 | 98 | 96 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 51% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - |
| 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 Newington Community 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 | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 703 |
| 2023/24 | 693 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newington Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.2% | 48.4% | 693 | — |
| Newington Community Primary School | 47% | 7.2% | 55.6% | 692 | 0.0 miles |
| Ramsgate Arts Primary School | 73% | 6.5% | 32% | 409 | 0.3 miles |
| St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy | 57% | 8.1% | 64.3% | 120 | 0.4 miles |
| Dame Janet Primary Academy | 72% | 7.8% | 67% | 291 | 0.6 miles |
| Ellington Infant School | — | 9.3% | 53.9% | 155 | 0.6 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)
- 48.4%
- English as an additional language
- 5.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.2%
- Persistent absence
- 23.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newington Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
Ramsgate Arts Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
Dame Janet Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
Ellington Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
Other schools in Ramsgate
- Chilton Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate Primary
- Dame Janet Primary Academy Primary
- Ellington Infant School Primary
- Minster Church of England Primary School Primary
- Monkton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Newington Community Primary School Primary
- Newlands Primary School Primary
- Priory Infant School Primary
- Ramsgate Arts Primary School Primary
- St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Newington Community Primary School teach?
- Newington Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Ramsgate.
- Has Newington Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Newington Community 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 Newington Community Primary School?
- Newington Community Primary School had 693 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Newington Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% 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 Newington Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newington Community 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 10 July 2024.