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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 15 November 2022Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 15 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry110 applications · 59 places offered · 56 named it first
- 2026 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 1.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 110 | 1.9 | 56 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 48 | 78 | 1.6 | 46 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 98 | 1.7 | 53 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 47 | 1.7 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 33 | 50 | 1.5 | 26 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 42 | 1.5 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 34 | 47 | 1.4 | 30 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 34 | 55 | 1.6 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 46 | 1.6 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 32 | 35 | 1.1 | 23 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2016 | 27 | 38 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 39 | 47 | 1.2 | 25 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2014 | 44 | 62 | 1.4 | 37 | 0.84 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 73% · Writing 91% · Maths 85% → all three 73% 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 | 73% | 15% | 104 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 91% | 17% | 109 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 90% | 20% | 107 | 109 |
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
- Briar Hill Primary School & NurseryThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20221.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.8applications per place
- 0.8 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20231.8applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20242.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20222.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West Northamptonshire20261.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20221.9applications per place 62%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
- 138917 · 941/2039
- Capacity
- 472 pupils · 350 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Replaced
- Briar Hill Primary School (URN 121941)
- Address
- Thorn Hill, Briar Hill, Northampton, NN4 8SW
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources