Newton Road School
Primary schoolNewton Road School is a primary school in North Northamptonshire, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 196 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 40% of pupils at Newton Road School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in North Northamptonshire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | North Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 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
In a straight line- Denfield Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Alfred Lord Tennyson SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- South End Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023970 m
- Rushden Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- South End Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Whitefriars Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2022, before the school changed1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Northamptonshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).