Graded inspection · Jan 2024 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
- 30 January 2024Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 26 April 2023Ungraded 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 entry55 applications · 39 places offered · 38 named it first
- 2026 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.3; 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 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 0.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Dashed bars: as Kings Heath Primary School (URN 121914), the previous school.
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 | 39 | 55 | 1.4 | 38 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 40 | 58 | 1.5 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 36 | 55 | 1.5 | 35 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 43 | 1.4 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 44 | 1.4 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 42 | 53 | 1.3 | 39 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 35 | 53 | 1.5 | 30 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 | 32 | 43 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 35 | 45 | 1.3 | 34 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 43 | 48 | 1.1 | 31 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2016 | 42 | 58 | 1.4 | 39 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 19 | 27 | 1.4 | 16 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2014 * | 46 | 43 | 0.9 | 27 | 0.59 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 77% · Writing 81% · Maths 83% → all three 71% 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 | 71% | 8% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 3% | 105 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 76% | 6% | 108 | 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
- Kings Heath Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20241.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20242.3applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · West NorthamptonshireGood202415.3applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · West Northamptonshire20262.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · West Northamptonshire20262.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West Northamptonshire20261.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.4applications per place 42%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
- 140414 · 941/2153
- Capacity
- 446 pupils · 350 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2014
- Replaced
- Kings Heath Primary School (URN 121914)
- Address
- North Oval, Kings Heath, Northampton, NN5 7LN
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources