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Meadowside Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 435Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 121901URN

Park Road, Burton Latimer, Kettering, NN15 5QY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.4 below North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Northamptonshire

92 applications for 53 places · 62nd of 83 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
60%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 7 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 7 Needs attention
  2. 22 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
0.4 below North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

92 applications · 53 places offered · 53 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202653921.7531.00
Sep 202551841.7470.92
Sep 2024591001.7580.98
Sep 202359991.7631.07
Sep 202247761.6450.96
Sep 202140661.7401.00
Sep 202042761.8410.98
Sep 201944691.6410.93
Sep 201846771.7450.98
Sep 2017571021.8500.88
Sep 201651951.9460.90
Sep 2015541021.9541.00
Sep 201450821.6470.94

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 72% · Maths 65% → all three 60% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard60%43rd of 90 in North Northamptonshire
Reading
Expected standard75%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard65%
Higher standard12%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2560%0%104102
2023/2453%3%103102
2022/2348%3%104104

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

  • 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
121901 · 940/2144
Capacity
420 pupils · 435 on roll
Free school meals
15.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Replaced
Meadowside Junior School (URN 121801)
Address
Park Road, Burton Latimer, Kettering, NN15 5QY
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources