Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 15 November 2022Graded inspection: Good
- 20 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry77 applications · 41 places offered · 40 named it first
- 2026 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 41 | 77 | 1.9 | 40 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 100 | 2.2 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 58 | 94 | 1.6 | 41 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 101 | 1.7 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 57 | 99 | 1.7 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 96 | 1.6 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 58 | 113 | 2.0 | 54 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 56 | 108 | 1.9 | 50 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 109 | 1.8 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 59 | 119 | 2.0 | 69 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 109 | 1.8 | 52 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 | 58 | 135 | 2.3 | 65 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 54 | 0.90 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 67% · Maths 78% → 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% | 2% | 105 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 7% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 39% | 0% | 99 | 101 |
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
- Spring Lane Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · West Northamptonshire20261.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · West Northamptonshire20261.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West Northamptonshire20262.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20231.8applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.8applications per place 58%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138493 · 941/2033
- Capacity
- 452 pupils · 434 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Replaced
- Spring Lane Primary School (URN 121918)
- Address
- Spring Lane, Northampton, NN1 2JW
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources