Beanfield Primary School

Beanfield Primary School is performing well overall, with an overall effectiveness rating of 'Good'. The school has created a vibrant learning environment where pupils are happy, feel safe, and engage enthusiastically in their education. Leaders have established high expectations for both staff and pupils, leading to positive relationships and strong behaviour throughout the school. While there are notable strengths in the curriculum, particularly in reading and mathematics, some inconsistencies in pupils' retention of knowledge have been identified, suggesting areas for improvement. This inspection marks their first routine evaluation since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing context for their performance assessment.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe at school.
• Leaders maintain high standards and expectations for pupils.
• The school has a well-organised and ambitious curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on developing pupils' vocabulary across all subjects.
• Positive relationships between pupils and adults.
• High-quality support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Effective safeguarding practices and a strong culture of safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in pupils' recall of learning in some subjects.
• Lack of consistent systems to identify gaps in pupils' learning.
• Some pupils do not read from books that match their phonics knowledge well enough.

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 Beanfield Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.6% 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, 2.4% of pupils at Beanfield 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 Beanfield Primary School had 24.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.4% 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, 12.1% of pupils at Beanfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 13.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 57 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 2024–25 Beanfield Primary School received £7,636 and spent £7,768 for each of its 686 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £266,000 (-£388 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of The Brooke Weston Trust, income was £8,182 and spending £8,461 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Corby · North Northamptonshire local authority: places and applications

Beanfield Primary School is part of The Brooke Weston Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley
• Corby Technical School Corby
• Oakley Vale Primary School Corby
• Corby Business Academy Corby
• Gretton Primary Academy Corby
• Kettering Science Academy Kettering
• Compass Primary Academy Kettering
• Thrapston Primary School Kettering
• The Wisbech Academy Wisbech
• Peckover Primary School Wisbech

What is Beanfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Beanfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beanfield Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Beanfield Primary School have?

Beanfield Primary School has 661 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beanfield Primary School cover?

Beanfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beanfield Primary School?

Beanfield Primary School is at Farmstead Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 0LJ.