Graded inspection · Feb 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 | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 13 February 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 6 July 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry79 applications · 45 places offered · 45 named it first
- 2026 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Dashed bars: as St James Infant School (URN 121882), 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 | 45 | 79 | 1.8 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 54 | 83 | 1.5 | 41 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 40 | 72 | 1.8 | 37 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 46 | 74 | 1.6 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 47 | 85 | 1.8 | 45 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 37 | 65 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 53 | 79 | 1.5 | 46 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 35 | 67 | 1.9 | 32 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 38 | 84 | 2.2 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 59 | 124 | 2.1 | 53 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 55 | 114 | 2.1 | 49 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 * | 54 | 134 | 2.5 | 52 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 49 | 122 | 2.5 | 43 | 0.88 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St James Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.8applications per place
- 0.6 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good202456%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · West NorthamptonshireRequires improvement20221.4applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20241.7applications per place
- 0.9 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good202254%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.9applications per place
- 2.8 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.9applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144178 · 941/2118
- Trust
- Inmat
- Capacity
- 212 pupils · 199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2018
- Replaced
- St James Infant School (URN 121882)
- Address
- 90 St James Street, Daventry, NN11 4AG
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources