Academy converter · North Northamptonshire

Hall Meadow Primary School

4–11Ages
208Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144318URN

Packer Road, Lake Avenue, Kettering, NN15 7RP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.9per place

0.7 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Northamptonshire

66 applications for 23 places · 12th of 83 in North Northamptonshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

70%met the expected standard

North Northamptonshire 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 December 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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 entry

2.9applications per place, Reception

0.7 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

66 applications · 23 places offered · 21 named it first

2026 2.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
2025 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
2024 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
2023 3.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
2022 3.5; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
2021 3.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
2020 3.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
2019 3.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
2018 3.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
2017 4.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
2016 4.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 4.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 4.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 10 of 10 years.

This school
North Northamptonshire median

Dashed bars: as Hall Meadow Primary School (URN 132769), 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	23	66	2.9	21	0.91
Sep 2025	29	65	2.2	32	1.10
Sep 2024	30	66	2.2	34	1.13
Sep 2023	29	92	3.2	37	1.28
Sep 2022	30	106	3.5	45	1.50
Sep 2021	28	90	3.2	36	1.29
Sep 2020	29	87	3.0	29	1.00
Sep 2019	30	92	3.1	35	1.17
Sep 2018	30	107	3.6	44	1.47
Sep 2017	29	132	4.6	67	2.31
Sep 2016 *	30	130	4.3	69	2.30
Sep 2015 *	30	126	4.2	51	1.70
Sep 2014 *	30	127	4.2	58	1.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 77% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%21st of 90 in North Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

North Northamptonshire 74% England 78%

Higher standard50%

North Northamptonshire 27% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard80%

North Northamptonshire 73% England 75%

Greater depth23%

North Northamptonshire 9% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard77%

North Northamptonshire 73% England 77%

Higher standard40%

North Northamptonshire 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

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North Northamptonshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	70%	20%	107	107
2023/24	80%	7%	106	108
2022/23	80%	10%	109	109

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

Hall Meadow Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

2.9applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
0.9 km · North Northamptonshire

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Greenfields Primary School and Nursery
1.2 km · North Northamptonshire

Standards maintained2025

1.6applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Hawthorn Community Primary School
1.2 km · North Northamptonshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
2.3 km · North Northamptonshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Compass Primary Academy
2.3 km · North Northamptonshire

Good2023

3.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Edward's Catholic Primary School
2.3 km · North Northamptonshire

2026

2.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
2.3 km · North Northamptonshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Kettering Park Junior Academy
2.5 km · North Northamptonshire

Good2024

68%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: 144318 · 940/2227
Trust: Inmat
Capacity: 210 pupils · 208 on roll
Free school meals: 7.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2017
Replaced: Hall Meadow Primary School (URN 132769)
Address: Packer Road, Lake Avenue, Kettering, NN15 7RP
Local authority: North Northamptonshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources