Graded inspection · Mar 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
- 19 March 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 3 November 2022Ungraded 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 entry43 applications · 18 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; 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 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 18 | 43 | 2.4 | 19 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 47 | 2.5 | 13 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2024 | 18 | 45 | 2.5 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 18 | 36 | 2.0 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 18 | 29 | 1.6 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 18 | 28 | 1.6 | 19 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 8 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 20 | 41 | 2.1 | 22 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 17 | 38 | 2.2 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 19 | 35 | 1.8 | 22 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2014 | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 14 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 89% · Maths 100% → all three 89% 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 | 89% | 0% | 112 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 100% | 17% | 113 | 114 |
| 2022/23 | 100% | 25% | 110 | 113 |
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
- Helmdon Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.4applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20223.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 5.6 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 6.2 km · West Northamptonshire202653%met the SATs standard
- 6.3 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place
- 6.4 km · West NorthamptonshireRequires improvement20231.5applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 121827 · 941/2047
- Capacity
- 124 pupils · 126 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- 21 Station Road, Helmdon, Brackley, NN13 5QT
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources