Newtown Primary School, Newton St Boswells
Newtown Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Newton St Boswells.
- Attendance
- 91.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Newtown Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Newtown 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.
Newtown Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 93 pupils, an average class size of 18.6 and 11.2 pupils per teacher.
42% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 67% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.9% in 2024/25, and 30% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 67% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Newtown Primary School are St Boswells Primary School (1.3 miles), Melrose Primary School (2.5 miles), Tweedbank Primary School (4.1 miles) and Earlston Primary School (4.1 miles).
St Boswells Primary SchoolMelrose Primary SchoolTweedbank Primary SchoolEarlston Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Newtown Primary School.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Council Headquarters (at), 60 metres away.
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 Newtown Primary School in September 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Newtown Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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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Questions parents ask about Newtown Primary School
When was Newtown Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Newtown Primary School in September 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Newtown Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Newtown 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Newtown Primary School?
If you live in Newtown Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Newtown Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Newtown Primary School?
Newtown Primary School is at Sprouston Road, Newton St Boswells, Newton St Boswells, TD6 0RZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)