Report card · inspected Jan 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 | Expected 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
- 20 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 5 October 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry85 applications · 59 places offered · 60 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.7; 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 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Dashed bars: as St James CofE VA Primary School (URN 122035), 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 | 59 | 85 | 1.4 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 50 | 83 | 1.7 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 100 | 1.7 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 100 | 1.7 | 67 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 40 | 68 | 1.7 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 91 | 1.5 | 56 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 55 | 82 | 1.5 | 53 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 54 | 99 | 1.8 | 50 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 100 | 1.7 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 115 | 1.9 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 108 | 1.8 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 133 | 2.2 | 62 | 1.03 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 86% · Writing 76% · Maths 78% → 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% | 19% | 106 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 7% | 107 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 42% | 2% | 101 | 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
- St James Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · West Northamptonshire20262.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20221.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · West Northamptonshire20261.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · West NorthamptonshireGood202415.3applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20242.3applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20242.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20241.4applications per place 71%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141724 · 941/3348
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 450 pupils · 445 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2015
- Replaced
- St James CofE VA Primary School (URN 122035)
- Address
- Harlestone Road, St James, Northampton, NN5 7AG
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources