Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School

Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School continues to be recognized as a good school, maintaining a happy and inclusive environment where pupils feel valued and respected. The school has a strong focus on high expectations, ensuring that pupils behave well and receive the support they need, particularly when facing challenges. This nurturing atmosphere contributes to pupils' pride in their accomplishments and encourages a love for learning, which is reinforced through a well-rounded curriculum and diverse learning experiences.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, safe, and included in the school community.
• The school sets high expectations for students and supports them effectively when needed.
• Teachers are well supported in delivering the curriculum, especially in English and mathematics.
• There is strong provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• The Nursery and Reception classes provide a robust educational foundation for children.

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of subjects have not yet completed a thorough curriculum review.
• Some recent actions to improve pupil achievement need more time to show consistent results.

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 Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.3% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School had 17.7 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, 15.3% of pupils at Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 29 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 Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School received £8,298 and spent £8,405 for each of its 471 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £215,000 (£456 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 Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School have?

Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School has 471 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School cover?

Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School?

Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School is at St Davids Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 7QL.