Newark Primary School, Port Glasgow
Newark Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Port Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Newark Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Newark Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 369 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 15.3 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93% in 2024/25, and 20.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 74% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Newark Primary School are St Michael's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Francis' Primary School (0.4 miles), St John's Primary School (1.5 miles) and King's Oak Primary School (2.7 miles).
St Michael's Primary SchoolSt Francis' Primary SchoolSt John's Primary SchoolKing's Oak Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Woodhall Rail Station, about 780 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Boglestone Roundabout (after), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Newark Primary School are Port Glasgow High School (0.7 miles) and St Stephen's High School (0.7 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Newark Primary School in March 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Newark Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Newark Primary School
Questions parents ask about Newark Primary School
When was Newark Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Newark Primary School in March 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Newark Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Newark Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Inverclyde. Inverclyde publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Newark Primary School?
If you live in Newark Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Inverclyde will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Inverclyde - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Newark Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Newark Primary School?
Newark Primary School is at Bridgend Avenue, Port Glasgow, Port Glasgow, PA14 5SU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)