Graded inspection · Feb 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry111 applications · 54 places offered · 49 named it first
- 2026 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 2.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 2.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 2.2; 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 | 54 | 111 | 2.1 | 49 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 136 | 2.3 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 130 | 2.2 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 146 | 2.5 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 173 | 2.9 | 77 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 148 | 2.5 | 83 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 164 | 2.8 | 80 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 134 | 2.3 | 64 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 141 | 2.4 | 72 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 162 | 2.7 | 95 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 158 | 2.6 | 77 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2015 | 59 | 124 | 2.1 | 68 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 131 | 2.2 | 74 | 1.23 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 70% · Maths 80% → all three 62% 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 | 62% | 7% | 105 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 8% | 107 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 62% | 15% | 105 | 107 |
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
- Whitehills Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20242.4applications per place
- 1.3 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · West Northamptonshire20262.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20233.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West Northamptonshire20261.5applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.4applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 121926 · 941/2183
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 415 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Acre Lane, Northampton, NN2 8DF
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources