Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in West Northamptonshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 24 February 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 9 November 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry114 applications · 59 places offered · 54 named it first
- 2026 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; 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 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 1.9; 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 | 59 | 114 | 1.9 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 119 | 2.0 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 104 | 1.8 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 58 | 123 | 2.1 | 60 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 123 | 2.1 | 83 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2021 | 53 | 82 | 1.6 | 53 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 107 | 1.8 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 46 | 79 | 1.7 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 46 | 93 | 2.0 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 59 | 110 | 1.9 | 75 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 103 | 1.8 | 56 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 112 | 1.9 | 68 | 1.13 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 92% · Writing 81% · Maths 90% → all three 79% 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 | 79% | 16% | 109 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 13% | 107 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 17% | 106 | 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
- Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20243.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.0applications per place
- 2.5 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · West Northamptonshire20269.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · West Northamptonshire20262.4applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20222.8applications per place
- 5.7 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 50%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 136480 · 941/2214
- Trust
- The Hawksmoor Learning Trust
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 429 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School (URN 121948)
- Address
- Balmoral Close, Towcester, NN12 6JA
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources