Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in West Northamptonshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 22 May 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 28 February 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry35 applications · 6 places offered · 5 named it first
- 2026 5.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 3.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 4.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 3.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 3.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 5 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2025 | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 2 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 10 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 9 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2014 | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 8 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 64% · Maths 73% → all three 55% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 55% | 9% | 108 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 56% | 0% | 104 | 101 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Harlestone Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20245.8applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20234.0applications per place 92%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20242.2applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.3applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20241.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood202415.3applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 121826 · 941/2046
- Capacity
- 56 pupils · 64 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Church Lane, Lower Harlestone, Northampton, NN7 4EN
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources