Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Unknown
Address Thorn Hill
Briar Hill
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN4 8SW
Phone 01604768392
Reference Number 138917

General Makeup

Number of pupils 329
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.63%
Girls: 51.37%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 33.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 66%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 14 28
2 19 20 39
3 21 31 52
4 16 13 29
5 21 35 56
6 19 14 33

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 37.4%
White, British 27.7%
African 14%
Indian 4.6%
Mixed, Other 4.3%
Pakistani 2.7%
White & Black (African) 2.1%
Asian, Other 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Chinese 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
White & Asian 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Early Years Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2023-01-16
Date Description Report
2022-11-15 School inspection: School inspection:
2021-09-14 School inspection School inspection
2016-05-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-09-25 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-06-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 90% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 20% Unlock Unlock

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 107 Unlock Unlock
Maths 109 Unlock Unlock

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 1.9 Unlock Unlock
Writing 4.4 Unlock Unlock
Maths 5.2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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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.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 24 3
Third Preference 21 1
From another Local Authority 1 1

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Name Distance
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1.09 miles
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1.32 miles
Castle Academy
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1.47 miles
Progress Schools - Northamptonshire
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1.51 miles
East Hunsbury Primary School
Penvale Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 0QW
1.55 miles
Chiltern Primary School
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1.57 miles
Earl Spencer Primary School
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1.58 miles
Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families
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1.62 miles
St Luke's Church of England Primary School
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1.77 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Woodside Way, Kings Heath, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN5 7HX
1.81 miles
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0.96 miles
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1.36 miles
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1.51 miles
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1.74 miles
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1.83 miles
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2.14 miles
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2.21 miles
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2.21 miles
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2.29 miles
Cambian Northampton School
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2.32 miles
Northampton School for Boys
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2.38 miles
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2.7 miles
Purple Oaks Academy
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3.02 miles
Northampton School for Girls
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3.33 miles
Kingsthorpe College
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3.41 miles
Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton Campus
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3.48 miles
Campion School
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3.5 miles
Weston Favell Academy
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3.83 miles
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