Denfield Park Primary School

Denfield Park Primary School is performing well, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating in its latest inspection, which was also its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Pupils express happiness at school and demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning, reflecting the strong values instilled by the school. The leadership team has made commendable strides in developing an ambitious curriculum that emphasizes vocabulary and knowledge crucial for student success.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and show positive attitudes to learning.
• Teachers have high expectations of behaviour, which pupils respond to well.
• A strong focus on teaching reading and phonics is evident.
• Support for pupils with SEND is excellent.
• Teachers adapt lessons effectively to meet diverse learning needs.
• Pupils feel well cared for and appreciate the support for emotional and mental health.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils are not given enough time to practice their writing.
• Handwriting instruction in key stage 1 needs more careful planning.
• Pupils do not yet understand the fundamental British values.

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 Denfield Park Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Denfield Park 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 Denfield Park Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.3% 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, 11.5% of pupils at Denfield Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 16 pupils.

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 Denfield Park Primary School received £6,461 and spent £6,441 for each of its 441 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,000 (-£2 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 Denfield Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Denfield Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Denfield Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Denfield Park Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Denfield Park Primary School have?

Denfield Park Primary School has 444 pupils on roll.

What age range does Denfield Park Primary School cover?

Denfield Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 49% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Denfield Park Primary School?

Denfield Park Primary School is at Victoria Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0DA.