Newlands Community Primary School
Belle Vue Road, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7PA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OADBY, WIGSTON AND LEICESTERSHIRE SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jenny Cooling
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 270
- URN
- 150436
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01455844369
About this school
Newlands Community Primary School is a primary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 270 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Newlands Community 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Newlands Community Primary School (URN 119984).
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 |
Trends over time
How Newlands 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 311 |
| 2024/25 | 300 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newlands Community Primary School compares
Newlands Community Primary School ranked 195th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 6.1% | 29.7% | 270 | — |
| Barwell Infant School | — | 4.3% | 19% | 150 | 0.7 miles |
| Townlands Church of England Primary School | 65% | 3.8% | 15.2% | 275 | 0.8 miles |
| Barwell Church of England Academy | 48% | 3.8% | 31.4% | 229 | 0.8 miles |
| St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary School | 30% | 7% | 43% | 140 | 0.9 miles |
| Saint Peters Catholic Voluntary Academy | 65% | 4.4% | 14.9% | 196 | 1.2 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)
- 29.67%
- English as an additional language
- 9%
- Overall absence
- 6.09%
- Persistent absence
- 17.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Barwell Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Townlands Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Barwell Church of England Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leicester
- 1.2 miles
Other schools in Leicester
Newlands Community Primary School ranks 129th of the 139 ranked primary schools in Leicester.
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy Primary
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Sapcote Primary
- Arnesby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Avenue Primary School Primary
- Badgerbrook Primary School Primary
- Barley Croft Primary School Primary
- Barwell Church of England Academy Primary
- Barwell Infant School Primary
- Beaumont Lodge Primary School Primary
- Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Billesdon Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Newlands Community Primary School teach?
- Newlands Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Newlands Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Newlands Community Primary School is Mrs Jenny Cooling, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Newlands Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Newlands Community 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 Community Primary School?
- Newlands Community Primary School has 270 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Newlands Community Primary School full?
- Newlands Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 270 on roll (64%), 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 Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Newlands Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Newlands Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Newlands Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Newlands Community Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Newlands Community Primary School is part of OADBY, WIGSTON AND LEICESTERSHIRE SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Newlands Community Primary School compare with other schools in Leicestershire?
- Newlands Community Primary School ranked 195th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% 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 Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Newlands Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Newlands Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newlands 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 2026.