Newhall Junior School
Primary school in Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Requires improvement (Dec 2021).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 7 December 2021, report published 27 January 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Newhall Community Junior School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Newhall Junior School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around June 2024
The last inspection was in December 2021. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.1 milesNewhall Infant School
School remains Good (Jul 2023)
- 0.5 milesFairmeadows Foundation Primary School
Standards maintained (Dec 2024)
- 0.9 milesElmsleigh Infant & Nursery School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
- 0.9 milesSt Edward's Catholic Academy
Standards maintained (Jan 2025)
- 1.1 milesSpringfield Junior School
Good (Feb 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.