Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
New Silksworth Academy Infant
Junior school
New Silksworth Academy Junior
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · next door from New Silksworth Academy Infant
You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for New Silksworth Academy Junior. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 9 July 2024
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for New Silksworth Academy Infant.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at New Silksworth Academy Junior
51%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See New Silksworth Academy Junior's resultsSchool workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
95%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
22 responses up to 7 April 2025 · 10% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
95% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
100% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
95% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
100% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
95% agreeNew Silksworth Academy Infant's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 11 June 2019. Ofsted inspected it again on 9 July 2024 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. A place in its nursery class does not carry on into Reception, so you still need to apply.
New Silksworth Academy Infant is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is New Silksworth Academy Junior, next door. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for New Silksworth Academy Junior. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
No. Distance only counts when New Silksworth Academy Infant has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.