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Barry Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 441Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 121939URN

Barry Road, Northampton, NN1 5JS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to West Northamptonshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Northamptonshire

131 applications for 60 places · 39th of 103 in West Northamptonshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
58%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 May 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 23 May 2023
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 30 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (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 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
close to West Northamptonshire median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

131 applications · 60 places offered · 56 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  11. 2016 2.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
  12. 2015 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
  13. 2014 2.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
More applications per place than the West Northamptonshire median in 13 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 2026601312.2560.93
Sep 2025601262.1540.90
Sep 2024591532.6661.12
Sep 2023581292.2490.84
Sep 2022541162.2490.91
Sep 2021531142.2480.91
Sep 2020581632.8741.28
Sep 2019591622.8711.20
Sep 2018591452.5631.07
Sep 2017461102.4350.76
Sep 2016521392.7390.75
Sep 2015581512.6581.00
Sep 2014601702.8490.82

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 73% · Maths 71% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%81st of 134 in West Northamptonshire
Reading
Expected standard71%
Higher standard30%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2558%0%105105
2023/2460%2%103104
2022/2357%5%103105

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
121939 · 941/2197
Capacity
420 pupils · 441 on roll
Free school meals
12.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Barry Road, Northampton, NN1 5JS
Local authority
West Northamptonshire

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