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Weldon Church of England Primary School

Primary · Corby · NN17 3HP

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Expected standard

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: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 9 June 2026

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At a glance

208 pupils · 99% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
3.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.weldonceprimary.co.uk
URN
142651

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.07 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 21 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. 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

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 3 (Parish of Weldon south and east of the A43)
0.723 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers79%
North Northamptonshire average61.2%
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
St James' Roman Catholic Primary SchoolOrpington · 82 miles awayStrong standard94%
Boughton Heath AcademyChester · 104 miles awayOutstanding88%
St Francis Catholic Primary School, South AscotAscot · 76 miles awayOutstanding97%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyStockport · 86 miles awayGood73%
Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 99 miles awayGood79%
Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary SchoolIlkley · 108 miles awayOutstanding79%
St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary SchoolBolton · 107 miles awayGood59%
Shadwell Primary SchoolLeeds · 100 miles awayGood77%
Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary SchoolCheltenham · 73 miles awayGood82%
Manland Primary SchoolHarpenden · 48 miles awayGood91%
Waverton Community Primary SchoolChester · 102 miles awayExpected standard77%
Oaklands Junior SchoolCrowthorne · 78 miles awayExpected standard65%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 71% (North Northamptonshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (North Northamptonshire 12%, England 7%) · Black African 9% (North Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · 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)
9.9%
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 · 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
25.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.8 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 £45,078; 9.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£5,581
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£50,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82%62.3%
Social housing7%17.1%
Privately rented10.7%20.5%
Detached houses54.5%22.9%
Flats8.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms44.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035395 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£282,500313 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£235,000–£375,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (144)£375,000
Semi-detached (107)£252,500
Terraced (46)£230,000
Flat (16)£158,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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