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Moulton Primary School

Primary · Northampton · NN3 7SW

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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: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 21 October 2026

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At a glance

597 pupils · 95% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.moultonprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
122102

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 67 families named it first for 82 Reception places, 0.82 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 15 September 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% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

82 places offered · 67 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
West Northamptonshire average62.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Elmbridge Primary SchoolGloucester · 65 miles awayGood66%
Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw VillageChorley · 122 miles awayGood64%
Longfleet Church of England Primary SchoolPoole · 118 miles awayNo current grade60%
Seaside Primary SchoolLancing · 104 miles awayOutstanding75%
Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolCoventry · 30 miles awayGood63%
Southborough CofE Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 92 miles awayGood73%
Chapel Allerton Primary SchoolLeeds · 110 miles awayGood65%
Birkbeck Primary SchoolSidcup · 72 miles awayGood85%
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary SchoolAshford · 108 miles awayGood81%
Ashton Gate Primary SchoolBristol · 95 miles awayOutstanding57%
Crown Wood Primary SchoolBracknell · 62 miles awayNeeds attention63%
Thorpe Hesley Primary SchoolRotherham · 84 miles awayOutstanding62%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 72% (West Northamptonshire 59%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (West Northamptonshire 14%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (West Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (West Northamptonshire 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

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%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.65 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
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 2% 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)

61.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 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 £48,246; 16.7% 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£5,881
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £836,724; in-year balance +£231,421

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier65.5%62.3%
Social housing20.9%17.1%
Privately rented13.5%20.5%
Detached houses34%22.9%
Flats10.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027019 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£310,000238 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£254,000–£398,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (82)£442,500
Semi-detached (112)£288,500
Terraced (37)£260,000
Flat (7)£120,000

Homes around this school are dearer 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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