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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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 17 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 14 January 2020Graded 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 entry20 applications · 14 places offered · 14 named it first
- 2026 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 2.9; 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 Byfield School (URN 121802), 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 | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 6 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 18 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 78% · Writing 78% · Maths 67% → all three 67% 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 | 67% | 11% | 107 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 102 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 42% | 0% | 99 | 98 |
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
- Byfield SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.4applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20241.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · West Northamptonshire20262.0applications per place
- 4.2 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.8applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · WarwickshireStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 6.7 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 7.5 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20231.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 8.5 km · OxfordshireRequires improvement20211.4applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143468 · 941/2011
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 108 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Byfield School (URN 121802)
- Address
- Bell Lane, Byfield, Byfield Primary School, Bell Lane, Byfield, Daventry, NN11 6US
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources