Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Exceptional | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong 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
- 10 February 2026Report card · 1 Exceptional, 6 Strong standard
- 25 January 2022Graded 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 entry128 applications · 58 places offered · 68 named it first
- 2026 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
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 | 58 | 128 | 2.2 | 68 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2025 | 58 | 99 | 1.7 | 67 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 97 | 1.6 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 58 | 93 | 1.6 | 65 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2022 | 58 | 101 | 1.7 | 71 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 81 | 1.4 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 99 | 1.7 | 74 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2019 | 57 | 80 | 1.4 | 53 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 44 | 63 | 1.4 | 39 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 90% · Maths 93% → all three 87% 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 | 87% | 22% | 109 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 34% | 108 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 93% | 27% | 110 | 107 |
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
- Pineham Barns Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20222.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.8applications per place
- 2.1 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20242.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20221.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · West Northamptonshire20262.3applications per place 45%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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144758 · 941/2233
- Trust
- Preston Hedges Trust
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 413 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Address
- Dragonfly Way, Pineham Village, Northampton, NN4 9FF
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources