Newlands Primary School, Yateley

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Newlands Primary School on 7 areas: 7 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Needs attention. "Disadvantaged pupils do not achieve as well as they should in national tests at the end of key stage 2."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders' close oversight of attendance is driving overall improvement."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "New leaders have rightly identified that some pupils do not receive the support they need to develop the early skills in reading, writing and mathematics."

Early years - Needs attention. "Inconsistencies in practice mean that some children do not achieve as well as they could."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "The school's approach to inclusion is not fully developed."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Since the previous inspection, there have been several interim headteachers at the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "The personal development programme is new."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed their approach to inclusion and support staff in understanding the most effective strategies to help pupils, including children in the early years, learn as well as they can"; "Leaders should ensure that robust assessment systems are in place to enable teachers to identify and address gaps in learning, so that pupils can achieve as well as possible, including in personal development and wellbeing"; "Leaders should ensure that all pupils acquire the foundational knowledge they need for the next stage of their education at each transition point"; "Leaders should continue their approach to attendance to positively impact the attendance of pupils who persistently miss out on periods of their education, particularly those who are disadvantaged".

In its own words: "A very warm welcome to Newlands Primary School, where children are at the heart of everything we do."

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Newlands, we value all our children as individuals. Developing the whole child is important to us and that aim is reflected in all we do. We are a small school that has real pride in the close relationship we have with our community."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £6.50 per session.

Coming up: an admissions event on Monday 9 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Newlands Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 75% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Hampshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 71% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Newlands Primary School as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Newlands Primary School are Cranford Park Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 64% reading, 75% maths); Westfields Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 81% maths); Westfields Infant School (0.5 miles, Good); and Potley Hill Primary School (1 mile, Good, 88% reading, 80% maths).

Newlands Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

47 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Newlands Primary School (as of September 2026): 81% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 73% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (87%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (62%).

11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Sandhurst Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dungells Lane (adjacent), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Newlands Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Newlands Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Newlands Primary School are Yateley School (0.4 miles) and Frogmore Community College (1 mile).