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Titchmarsh Church of England Primary School

Primary · Kettering · NN14 3DR

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 June 2026 · report published 15 July 2026

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At a glance

101 pupils · 106% of 95 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
26.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.titchmarshprimaryschool.com/
URN
121994

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.20 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.886 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its report-card inspection on 9 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.20 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 1.886 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.886 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
60%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school60%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
North Northamptonshire average61.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Hollycombe Primary SchoolLiphook · 95 miles awayGood35%
Chacombe CEVA Primary AcademyBanbury · 40 miles awayGood (2019)8%
Loddington CofE (VA) Primary SchoolKettering · 13 miles awayGood64%
Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough · 78 miles awayGood50%
Folksworth CofE Primary SchoolPeterborough · 10 miles awayGood70%
Carlton CofE Primary SchoolBedford · 16 miles awayGood67%
Dr South's Church of England Primary SchoolKidlington · 51 miles awayNo current grade82%
Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolStevenage · 39 miles awayOutstanding75%
Little Houghton Church of England PrimaryNorthampton · 18 miles awayGood56%
Charlwood Village Primary SchoolHorley · 87 miles awayGood67%
Topcliffe CofE AcademyThirsk · 128 miles awayOutstanding53%
Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary SchoolWest Malling · 84 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (North Northamptonshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (North Northamptonshire 12%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (North Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (North 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)
2.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.97 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Northamptonshire: 3.86 suspensions and 0.06 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
19.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 21% left the state-funded sector

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 £49,596; 33.3% 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£8,160
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £145,002; in-year balance +£12,802

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher42.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.7%62.3%
Social housing9.9%17.1%
Privately rented17.4%20.5%
Detached houses54.3%22.9%
Flats1.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027031 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£469,00014 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£367,000–£597,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£548,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.04 km, 2026 entry): 290 sales, median £287,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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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