# Newton-le-Willows Primary School

Newton-le-Willows Primary School is a primary school in St. Helens, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 563 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E104775. [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 563
- Council: St. Helens
- URN: 104775

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 6 January 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention
- Early years: Needs attention
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 58% of pupils at Newton-le-Willows Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in St. Helens and 62% in England.
8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | St. Helens | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-infant-academy-e150505): 470 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2022, before the school changed
- [St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-junior-academy-e150302): 630 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2022, before the school changed. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Peter's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-cofe-primary-school-e104801): 650 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hope Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hope-academy-e136421): 880 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 43.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The District CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-district-cofe-primary-school-e149654): 930 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2021, before the school changed. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wargrave CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wargrave-cofe-primary-school-e104787): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/104775)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/104775)

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