Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Green Lane, Charlton, Banbury, OX17 3DN – View on map
- Phone: 01295811480
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Peter Pitts-Smith
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 11 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 9 · 2025 12 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 3
- % eligible for free school meals: 2.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.2% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across West Northamptonshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in West Northamptonshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 9% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 54 percentage points below the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 43% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 43%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 27% · Writing 45% · Maths 27% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 27%
- Average test scores: reading 97, maths 95
- Based on: 11 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 138th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =136Milton Parochial Primary School29%
- =136St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls29%
- #138Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School9%
- #139Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy8%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,799 (2024-25)
33rd of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #31Little Houghton Church of England Primary£7,906
- #32East Hunsbury Primary School£7,864
- #33Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School£7,799
- #34Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,797
- #35Yelvertoft Primary School£7,751
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