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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry147 applications · 60 places offered · 66 named it first
- 2026 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 3.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 3.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 3.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 3.4; 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 | 60 | 147 | 2.5 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 134 | 2.2 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 126 | 2.1 | 56 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 58 | 169 | 2.9 | 61 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 144 | 2.4 | 55 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 140 | 2.4 | 65 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 61 | 157 | 2.6 | 76 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 152 | 2.5 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 59 | 161 | 2.7 | 80 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2017 | 59 | 202 | 3.4 | 84 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 208 | 3.5 | 101 | 1.68 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 201 | 3.4 | 84 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 204 | 3.4 | 67 | 1.12 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 88% · Maths 92% → all three 81% 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 | 81% | 24% | 109 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 19% | 107 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 17% | 107 | 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
- Preston Hedges Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20254.2applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20231.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West NorthamptonshireNot yet inspected4.3applications per place
- 1.9 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20242.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139039 · 941/2223
- Trust
- Preston Hedges Trust
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 418 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2012
- Replaced
- Preston Hedges Primary School (URN 131123)
- Address
- Wootton Hope Drive, Wootton Fields, Northampton, NN4 6BU
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources