Report card · inspected May 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 12 January 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry94 applications · 54 places offered · 53 named it first
- 2026 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 2.3; 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 | 54 | 94 | 1.7 | 53 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 106 | 1.8 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 124 | 2.1 | 75 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 107 | 1.8 | 53 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 46 | 82 | 1.8 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 58 | 95 | 1.6 | 54 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 155 | 2.6 | 68 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 125 | 2.1 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 137 | 2.3 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 129 | 2.2 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 148 | 2.5 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 | 57 | 136 | 2.4 | 69 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 135 | 2.3 | 73 | 1.22 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 78% · Writing 81% · Maths 93% → all three 69% 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 | 69% | 7% | 105 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 5% | 103 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 4% | 103 | 103 |
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
- Castle AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20221.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · West Northamptonshire20261.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.4applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.2applications 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
- 140362 · 941/2151
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 455 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2014
- Replaced
- Castle Primary School (URN 121934)
- Address
- St George's Street, Northampton, NN1 2TR
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources