Northamptonshire had more than its fair share of high-performing primary schools in the last school year, according to new official data.
The government’s latest preliminary performance figures for state-funded primary schools were released last week, shortly after it published delayed performance figures for secondary schools. Using this data, we’ve created a league table comparing state primary schools across the North and West Northamptonshire Council areas, based on how they did in one key measure - the the proportion of their pupils who completed Year 6 in the 2023/24 school year, who met the government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths.
We’ve included only county’s highest performing primary schools, also making sure also each one included also had an overall Ofsted rating of ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ before this measure was recently dropped. This means that the quality of education provided, student behaviour and attitudes, school leadership and management and student safeguarding were all found to meet or exceed government standards last time the school was inspected.
Here were the 13 schools from across Northamptonshire that climbed to the top of the list in the most recent school year:
1. Greatworth Primary School
At the top of the list is this village primary school in Greatworth, West Northamptonshire. It has a roll size of about 64, and was formerly rated ‘good’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2023/24 school year, 100% of its pupils met the government’s expected standard in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 63% locally and 61% nationally. | Google
2. Helmdon Primary School
Another village primary school in West Northamptonshire, this one is in Helmdon, near Brackley. It has a roll size of about 107, and was formerly rated ‘good’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2023/24 school year, it too had 100% of its pupils meet the government’s expected standard in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 63% locally and 61% nationally. | Google
3. Gretton Primary Academy
This is a primary school in Gretton, near Corby in North Northamptonshire, with about 140 pupils. It was formerly rated ‘good’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2023/24 school year, 94% of its pupils met the government’s expected standard in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 60% locally and 61% nationally. | Google
4. John Hellins Primary School
John Hellins is a primary school in Potterspury, West Northamptonshire, with about 208 pupils. It was formerly rated ‘outstanding’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2023/24 school year, 93% of its pupils met the government’s expected standard in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 63% locally and 61% nationally. | Google