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All Saints CofE VA Primary School

Primary · Northampton · NN2 7AJ

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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: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 23 June 2026 · report published 7 September 2026

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At a glance

402 pupils · 96% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.allsaintscevakingsthorpe.org.uk
URN
122096

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 50 families named it first for 51 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 23 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 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

51 places offered · 50 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
West Northamptonshire average62.4%
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
Jeavons Wood Primary SchoolGreat Cambourne · 35 miles awayExpected standard75%
Hopping Hill Primary SchoolNorthampton · 3 miles awayGood58%
Halstow Primary SchoolLondon · 67 miles awayStrong standard75%
Great Chart Primary SchoolASHFORD · 108 miles awayOutstanding77%
Forestdale Primary SchoolCroydon · 73 miles awayGood69%
Furzedown Primary SchoolLondon · 67 miles awayExpected standard68%
Kenningtons Primary AcademySouth Ockendon · 72 miles awayOutstanding88%
Begbrook Primary AcademyBristol · 89 miles awayGood66%
Ashby Fields Primary SchoolDaventry · 12 miles awayGood73%
Highwood Primary SchoolBushey · 47 miles awayGood41%
The Park Primary SchoolBristol · 89 miles awayGood65%
Pathfinder CofE Primary SchoolCambridge · 40 miles awayGood65%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 43% (West Northamptonshire 59%, England 60%) · Any other White background 17% (West Northamptonshire 14%, England 7%) · Black African 9% (West Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 8% (West Northamptonshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 6% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (West Northamptonshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (West Northamptonshire 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.21 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
21.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% 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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

71.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,743; 13.6% 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£6,519
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£56,049; in-year balance -£47,815

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.7%62.3%
Social housing10.3%17.1%
Privately rented19.5%20.5%
Detached houses15.4%22.9%
Flats7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van17.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027232 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£280,000338 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£325,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (107)£332,500
Semi-detached (163)£270,000
Terraced (62)£241,000
Flat (6)£107,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

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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