Newnham Primary School
General Information
- Address: School Hill, Newnham, Daventry, NN11 3HG – View on map
- Phone: 01327705053
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Solomon Johnson
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 10 places – 10 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 7 · 2024 3 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 4
- % eligible for free school meals: 4.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.8% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 82% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 45%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- 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: joint 100th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =95Little Houghton Church of England Primary56%
- =100Harlestone Primary School55%
- =100Newnham Primary School55%
- =102Boothville Primary School54%
- =102Denton Primary School54%
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68th of 109 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #66Moulton Primary SchoolGood
- #67Naseby Church of England Primary AcademyGood
- #68Newnham Primary SchoolGood
- #69Old Stratford Primary SchoolGood
- #70Overstone Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,085 (2024-25)
28th of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #26Culworth Church of England Primary Academy£8,154
- #27Chiltern Primary School£8,148
- #28Newnham Primary School£8,085
- #29Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School£8,071
- #30Queen Eleanor Primary Academy£7,981
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