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Earl Spencer Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 352Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 121912URN

Streatfield Road, Spencer Estate, Northampton, NN5 7DE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.2 below West Northamptonshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Northamptonshire

78 applications for 44 places · 72nd of 103 in West Northamptonshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
56%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 4 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.2 below West Northamptonshire median (2.0) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

78 applications · 44 places offered · 43 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  11. 2016 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
  13. 2014 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
More applications per place than the West Northamptonshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202644781.8430.98
Sep 202535782.2340.97
Sep 202447841.8460.98
Sep 202346841.8440.96
Sep 202249811.7491.00
Sep 202138631.7370.97
Sep 202058941.6540.93
Sep 201939701.8360.92
Sep 2018581021.8570.98
Sep 2017601051.8520.87
Sep 2016601131.9550.92
Sep 201551751.5310.61
Sep 201460891.5370.62

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 75% · Maths 60% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard56%92nd of 134 in West Northamptonshire
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard75%
Greater depth11%
Maths
Expected standard60%
Higher standard18%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2556%4%104101
2023/2449%2%103102
2022/2338%5%101102

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
121912 · 941/2160
Capacity
420 pupils · 352 on roll
Free school meals
27.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Streatfield Road, Spencer Estate, Northampton, NN5 7DE
Local authority
West Northamptonshire

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