Graded inspection · Apr 2025 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 1 April 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 18 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry74 applications · 29 places offered · 39 named it first
- 2026 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 29 | 74 | 2.6 | 39 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2024 | 24 | 58 | 2.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 62 | 2.1 | 42 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 47 | 1.6 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 28 | 66 | 2.4 | 36 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2017 | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 20 | 46 | 2.3 | 25 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2015 | 15 | 27 | 1.8 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 19 | 36 | 1.9 | 19 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 93% · Maths 93% → all three 93% 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 | 93% | 27% | 111 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 93% | 26% | 112 | 110 |
| 2022/23 | 100% | 19% | 112 | 110 |
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
- John Hellins Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.9applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · West NorthamptonshireSome aspects not as strong20243.3applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · Milton KeynesGood20242.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · Milton KeynesOutstanding20232.2applications per place
- 4.2 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place
- 4.7 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 121851 · 941/2076
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 202 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Brownswood Drive, Potterspury, Towcester, NN12 7PG
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources