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Pitsford Primary School

Primary · Northampton · NN6 9AU

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 19 April 2023

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At a glance

67 pupils · 92% of 73 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.pitsfordprimary.org/
URN
121850

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 11 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 19 April 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

11 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

7 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
29%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
112
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers57%
West Northamptonshire average62.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Hope Primary SchoolHope Valley · 80 miles awayGood33%
Kniveton CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne · 61 miles awayGood82%
Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary SchoolScarborough · 133 miles awayGood33%
Exton and Greetham CofE Primary SchoolOakham · 29 miles awayGood73%
Cotherstone Primary SchoolBarnard Castle · 163 miles awayGood40%
Lacock Church of England Primary SchoolChippenham · 81 miles awayGood57%
Tetsworth Primary SchoolThame · 41 miles awayRequires improvement70%
Marksbury CofE Primary SchoolBath · 94 miles awayGood28%
Ingoldsby AcademyGrantham · 42 miles awayGood67%
Ogbourne CofE Primary SchoolMarlborough · 68 miles awayGood57%
Longworth Primary SchoolAbingdon · 48 miles awayGood75%
Pawlett Primary SchoolBridgwater · 119 miles awayGood57%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 81% (West Northamptonshire 59%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 5%) · Black African 3% (West Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 3% (West Northamptonshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (West Northamptonshire 14%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Northamptonshire: 2.82 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,331; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,424
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£11,664; in-year balance +£15,779

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.3%62.3%
Social housing4.2%17.1%
Privately rented9.5%20.5%
Detached houses63.2%22.9%
Flats1.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms54%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035401 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£587,50024 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£471,500–£781,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£582,500
Terraced (6)£612,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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