Newtown Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Newtown, Trowbridge, BA14 0BB – View on map
- Phone: 01225752678
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Chris Marshall
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 19 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 10 · 2024 9 · 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: 37
- % eligible for free school meals: 23.0%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.4% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 63% moved to another school, 37% 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 Wiltshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 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 Wiltshire, 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: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2015 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 47% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 57% · Writing 70% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 60%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
- Based on: 30 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 139th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =133The Corsham Regis Primary Academy48%
- =133The Manor CofE VC Primary School48%
- =139Newtown Community Primary School47%
- =139St Martin's CofE Primary School47%
- #141Rushall Church of England Primary School46%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
71st of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #69Netheravon All Saints CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #70New Close Primary SchoolGood
- #71Newtown Community Primary SchoolGood
- #72North Bradley CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #73Oaksey CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,720 (2024-25)
91st of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #89Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,751
- #90Netheravon All Saints CofE Primary School£6,739
- #91Newtown Community Primary School£6,720
- #92Winsley CoE VC Primary School£6,716
- #93Wansdyke School£6,695
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