Graded inspection · Sep 2022 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 entry25 applications · 13 places offered · 13 named it first
- 2026 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Dashed bars: as Blackthorn Primary School (URN 138984), Blackthorn Primary School (URN 121937), 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 | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 39 | 1.7 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 38 | 1.5 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 21 | 34 | 1.6 | 17 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 22 | 32 | 1.5 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 * | 24 | 27 | 1.1 | 20 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 * | 29 | 45 | 1.6 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 35 | 47 | 1.3 | 32 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 36 | 43 | 1.2 | 28 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 * | 59 | 57 | 1.0 | 39 | 0.66 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 68% · Maths 75% → all three 68% 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 | 68% | 4% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 3% | 103 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 44% | 0% | 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
- Blackthorn Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.5applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.5applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.8applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.9applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20242.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20231.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · North NorthamptonshireGood20233.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146035 · 941/2235
- Capacity
- 266 pupils · 236 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2018
- Replaced
- Blackthorn Primary School (URN 138984); Blackthorn Primary School (URN 121937)
- Address
- Waingrove, Northampton, NN3 8EP
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources