Graded inspection · May 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry69 applications · 18 places offered · 17 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Dashed bars: as Towcester Church of England Primary School (URN 135506), 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 | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 60 | 2.6 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 35 | 83 | 2.4 | 32 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 69 | 1.9 | 30 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 47 | 76 | 1.6 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 104 | 1.7 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 | 50 | 76 | 1.5 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 56 | 87 | 1.6 | 55 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 44 | 69 | 1.6 | 33 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 * | 51 | 90 | 1.8 | 49 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 * | 40 | 79 | 2.0 | 37 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 36 | 61 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 78% · Maths 76% → 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% | 9% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 7% | 107 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 46% | 3% | 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
- Towcester Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · West Northamptonshire20261.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.0applications per place
- 2.9 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · West Northamptonshire20269.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · West Northamptonshire20262.4applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20222.8applications per place
- 5.0 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 50%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
- 142650 · 941/3515
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 267 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2016
- Replaced
- Towcester Church of England Primary School (URN 135506)
- Address
- Islington Road, Towcester, NN12 6AU
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources