Gretton Primary Academy

Gretton Primary Academy has effectively maintained the high standards established during its previous inspection, demonstrating a commitment to fostering a positive and nurturing environment for its pupils. The school's values encourage kindness, good choices, effort, and ambition, leading to a calm atmosphere where pupils feel safe and enjoy learning. The strong leadership by staff is reflected in the ambitious curriculum, high expectations, and supportive relationships between staff and students, resulting in good achievement across the curriculum. While the school excels in many areas, it faces challenges in ensuring that the curriculum is adequately adapted for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in some subjects. Additionally, gaps in the understanding of protected characteristics and fundamental British values among some pupils highlight areas for improvement. However, the overall atmosphere is one of positivity, with a focus on personal development and a commitment to enhancing student experiences.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a warm and nurturing environment.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff foster a sense of safety.
• Ambitious curriculum tailored for key knowledge and skills from Reception to Year 6.
• Effective phonics instruction leads to confident and fluent readers.
• High expectations contribute to pupils achieving well across the curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on personal development, character building, and confidence.
• Pupils have opportunities for leadership roles and outdoor learning.
• Well-established behaviour expectations create a calm learning environment.
• Improvements in attendance due to effective monitoring.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum adaptations for pupils with SEND are insufficient in some subjects.
• Gaps in understanding of protected characteristics and fundamental British values exist.

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 Gretton Primary Academy attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.2% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Gretton Primary Academy 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 Gretton Primary Academy had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 9.0% of pupils at Gretton Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 2024–25 Gretton Primary Academy received £6,333 and spent £7,263 for each of its 144 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £56,000 (-£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

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

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

What is Gretton Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Gretton Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Gretton Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Gretton Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Gretton Primary Academy have?

Gretton Primary Academy has 145 pupils on roll.

What age range does Gretton Primary Academy cover?

Gretton Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Gretton Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Gretton Primary Academy?

Gretton Primary Academy is at Kirby Road, Gretton, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN17 3DB.