Boothville Primary School

Boothville Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school fosters a happy and supportive environment where pupils enjoy learning and have positive relationships with staff and peers. Parents are also supportive of the school, praising the teaching and opportunities available to their children. Despite its strengths, the school faces challenges related to the consistency of curriculum delivery and teacher expectations for behaviour. Some teachers struggle to align their lessons to the needs of all pupils, and there are variations in how well behaviour expectations are enforced in different classrooms. Addressing these issues will be crucial for ensuring that all pupils achieve their best as they progress through the school.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and have positive relationships with teachers
• Leaders have high expectations of pupils' behaviour
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics from early years
• Good quality of education with strong subject knowledge from teachers
• A wide range of extracurricular opportunities available for pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in how curriculum subjects are delivered
• Some teachers do not have consistently high expectations for behaviour
• Teachers need support to effectively check pupils' learning and address gaps

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Boothville Primary School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at Boothville Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Boothville Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.0% of pupils at Boothville Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Boothville Primary School received £7,102 and spent £7,103 for each of its 601 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £327,000 (£545 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Boothville Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Boothville Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Boothville Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Boothville Primary School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Boothville Primary School have?

Boothville Primary School has 601 pupils on roll.

What age range does Boothville Primary School cover?

Boothville Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Boothville Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Boothville Primary School?

Boothville Primary School is at Booth Lane North, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6JG.