Weston Favell CofE Primary School

This inspection found Weston Favell CofE Primary School performing exceptionally strongly across all judged areas. Pupils thrive in a happy, welcoming school where staff have the highest expectations and pupils achieve well. Behaviour is remarkably good, pupils feel safe, and they show excellent respect and empathy. The curriculum is ambitious and carefully sequenced from pre-school to Year 6, with strong reading provision, effective support for pupils with SEND and EAL, and a rich personal development offer. The early years provision gives children a strong start, including for those with low starting points, and pupils are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage of their education. Attendance is high, safeguarding arrangements are effective, and trustees provide effective challenge and support. Staff value the professional development and leaders’ regard for workload and well-being. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2014; it is a single-academy trust and a Church of England school. Under the current framework, no overall effectiveness grade was awarded, but all key judgements were outstanding.

Strengths

• Ambitious, carefully sequenced curriculum from pre-school to Year 6
• Strong subject knowledge and frequent checks on pupil understanding
• Pupils with SEND and EAL are well supported to achieve highly
• Effective phonics teaching and a strong reading culture
• High expectations and remarkably good pupil behaviour
• Pupils feel safe and say bullying is rare and dealt with quickly
• Rich personal development through clubs, trips and leadership opportunities
• Strong early years provision with rapid progress from low starting points
• High attendance and effective engagement with families
• Effective trustees and strong staff development and well-being support
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

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 Weston Favell CofE Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.9% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Weston Favell CofE 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 Weston Favell CofE Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.8% 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, 13.0% of pupils at Weston Favell CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Weston Favell CofE Primary School received £6,170 and spent £4,908 for each of its 453 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £255,000 (£564 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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What is Weston Favell CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Weston Favell CofE Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Weston Favell CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Weston Favell CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Weston Favell CofE Primary School have?

Weston Favell CofE Primary School has 446 pupils on roll.

What age range does Weston Favell CofE Primary School cover?

Weston Favell CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Weston Favell CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Weston Favell CofE Primary School?

Weston Favell CofE Primary School is at Westwood Way, Wellingborough Road, Weston Favell, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 3HH.