Wootton Primary School

Wootton Primary School is an exceptionally strong primary school. Inspectors found the school highly aspirational for its pupils, with a carefully designed curriculum that helps pupils build excellent knowledge across subjects and achieve exceptionally well. Pupils behave exceptionally well, are happy and respectful, and benefit from a strong focus on character development, values and responsible citizenship. Reading is a particular priority, and pupils read fluently and with confidence. Children get an exceptional start in the early years, and pupils with SEND are well supported through a broad and inclusive curriculum. The school also provides extensive opportunities for pupils to contribute to the school and wider community, and it carefully targets activities so that disadvantaged pupils can take part. Support for attendance and behaviour is extensive, relationships are warm and positive, and parents hold the school in high regard. Staff are united in their pursuit of excellence, and leaders and the Tove Learning Trust are seen as creating the conditions for staff to do their jobs well. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was a graded inspection, and the school was judged outstanding in quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Its previous inspection grade was good. The report identifies no areas for improvement.

Strengths

• Highly aspirational curriculum that builds excellent knowledge across all subjects
• Strong teaching procedures, including recap quizzes and responsive teaching
• Exceptional focus on reading fluency, confidence and understanding
• Outstanding early years provision that develops independence, resilience and cooperation
• Ambitious and inclusive support for pupils with SEND
• Extensive support for attendance and behaviour, with warm and positive relationships
• Excellent personal development and character education through values, assemblies and pupil roles
• Wide range of opportunities, including targeted support for disadvantaged pupils
• Strong leadership, effective trust support and high regard from parents
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Wootton Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Wootton 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 Wootton Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.8% 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, 18.0% of pupils at Wootton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Wootton Primary School received £7,095 and spent £6,705 for each of its 327 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £450,000 (£1,375 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Tove Learning Trust, income was £7,790 and spending £7,801 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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Wootton Primary School is part of Tove Learning Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Roade Village Academy Roade
• Sponne School Towcester
• Elizabeth Woodville School Milton Keynes
• Stantonbury School Milton Keynes
• Whitefriars Primary School Rushden
• Rushden Academy Rushden
• Huxlow Academy Irthlingborough
• Lord Grey Academy Milton Keynes
• Knowles Primary School Milton Keynes
• Water Hall Primary School Milton Keynes

What is Wootton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wootton Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Wootton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wootton Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Wootton Primary School have?

Wootton Primary School has 306 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wootton Primary School cover?

Wootton Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wootton Primary School?

Wootton Primary School is at Farmclose Road, Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 6HJ.