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Moulton Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 597 pupils Northampton
Ofsted: Good
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Moulton Primary School is a foundation school in Northampton for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 597 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Moulton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2022. In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: January 2022. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Foundation school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Unknown
Address Church Hill
Moulton
Moulton Primary School
Church Hill
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN3 7SW
Phone 01604643061
Reference Number 122102

General Makeup

Number of pupils 597
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.41%
Girls: 51.59%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.9
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 39 48 87
2 46 44 90
3 46 44 90
4 44 46 90
5 43 48 91
6 39 51 90

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 72.4%
White, Other 8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.4%
African 3.2%
Mixed, Other 3%
Indian 2%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
Unclassified 1.3%
White & Asian 1%
Asian, Other 1%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%

Moulton Primary School continues to be recognized as a good school, demonstrating strong community ties and a supportive environment for pupils. Students express enjoyment in their schooling, feeling safe and confident in their teachers' ability to help them. The school instills values of respect and personal responsibility, equipping students for modern society and encouraging them to challenge themselves academically. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, promoting high expectations and encouraging engagement across most subjects, particularly in reading, mathematics, and history.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 07 Dec 2021
Date Report
07 Dec 2021 School inspection
12 Jul 2016 Full inspection:
19 Mar 2014 Monitoring visit
15 Jan 2014 Full inspection:
26 Jun 2012 Full inspection:
10 Mar 2009 Full inspection:
07 Feb 2006 Full inspection:
16 Oct 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Strong community engagement and support for pupils
  • High expectations and encouragement for academic challenges
  • Effective phonics teaching leading to fluent reading
  • A well-organized early years environment promoting purposeful learning
  • Varied extracurricular activities enriching pupils' personal development
  • Effective safeguarding arrangements in place

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistent subject knowledge among teachers in computing and design and technology
  • Some subjects lack depth in knowledge due to training needs

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 66%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.6
Writing -1.9
Maths -1.9

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 20 8
Third Preference 27 5
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Moulton Primary School had 617 pupils for 629 places. 12 places (1.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Moulton Primary” planning area

West Northamptonshire counted 295 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 383 in 2029–30, up 30%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 432432432432420420420450630630630630630629629
Pupils 427422423427427433433441454472553578612614617
Unfilled 1.2%2.3%2.1%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%27.9%25.1%12.2%8.3%2.9%2.4%1.9%

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 Moulton Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.5%3.7%3.7%3.3%2.9%2.9%2.3%5.3%4.4%4.3%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.7%0.8%0.4%1.2%1.1%1.2%1.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%1.0%0.9%0.2%1.1%

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, 0.5% of pupils at Moulton Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.20.00.00.02.31.21.20.00.00.90.00.00.41.31.30.7
Permanent exclusions 0000100001000100

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 Moulton Primary School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 17.914.813.212.012.611.812.313.212.213.112.511.211.511.411.011.0
Teachers who left state teaching 15.7%11.1%5.4%6.6%16.4%0.0%11.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%10.0%15.1%17.8%2.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 38.9%57.1%60.9%31.8%36.4%35.0%4.3%27.3%17.4%–23.1%82.8%82.8%67.7%61.3%–
Sick days per teacher 2.63.12.51.26.64.30.01.50.5–4.77.116.99.63.4–

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, 13.6% of pupils at Moulton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 27 2
Speech, language and communication needs 21 5
Moderate learning difficulty 14 3
Specific learning difficulty 13 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 4
Vision impairment 1 1
Hearing impairment 1 0

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 Moulton Primary School received £6,268 and spent £5,881 for each of its 597 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £837,000 (£1,402 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £162,000£228,000£263,000£370,000£262,000£381,000£606,000£837,000
per pupil £345£448£475£649£429£620£990£1,402
In-year balance -£650,000£2,000£93,000£107,000-£108,000£120,000£224,000£231,000
per pupil -£1,385£4£168£187-£178£195£367£388

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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St Thomas Becket Catholic School
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What is Moulton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moulton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2022.

When was Moulton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moulton Primary School was last inspected in January 2022.

How many pupils does Moulton Primary School have?

Moulton Primary School has 597 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moulton Primary School cover?

Moulton Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moulton Primary School?

Moulton Primary School is at Church Hill, Moulton, Moulton Primary School, Church Hill, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SW.

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