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Rothwell Victoria Infant School

Primary Ages 3-7 263 pupils Kettering
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Rothwell Victoria Infant School is an academy converter in Kettering for pupils aged 3 to 7. It has 263 pupils on roll.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-7
Religion Does not apply
Address School Lane
Rothwell
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN14 6HZ
Reference Number 140061

General Makeup

Number of pupils 263
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 42.21%
Girls: 57.79%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 34 40 74
2 37 33 70

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 81.7%
Mixed, Other 3.8%
White, Other 3.4%
African 3.4%
Unclassified 3%
White & Asian 1.1%
Indian 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 29 Apr 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
29 Apr 2025 School inspection
13 Jul 2021 School inspection
06 Jul 2016 Short inspection
01 Sep 2013 Academy conversion letter
16 Jan 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Rothwell Victoria Infant School
14 Feb 2011 Full inspection:
08 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
21 Feb 2005 Full inspection

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 10 0
Third Preference 15 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Rothwell Victoria Infant School had 224 pupils for 360 places. 136 places (37.8%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “montsaye Primary” planning area

North Northamptonshire counted 225 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 243 in 2029–30, up 8%.

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 336336336336360360360360360360360
Pupils 289294311300276271283244258241224
Unfilled 14.0%12.5%7.4%10.7%23.3%24.7%21.4%32.2%28.3%33.1%37.8%

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 Rothwell Victoria Infant School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.3%3.4%4.4%3.4%3.0%3.0%3.4%6.0%4.0%4.1%4.3%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.6%2.2%1.6%1.6%1.4%1.9%2.2%1.8%2.1%2.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%2.0%2.2%0.5%0.5%3.2%6.5%0.5%1.7%1.7%1.7%

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, 1.1% of pupils at Rothwell Victoria Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.23.81.01.70.30.00.01.00.01.06.11.9
Permanent exclusions 010000000000

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 Rothwell Victoria Infant School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.510.610.39.99.212.011.011.510.812.211.312.210.8
Teachers who left state teaching 6.0%5.8%7.6%5.1%10.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.8%9.2%9.9%8.8%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –50.0%45.5%50.0%38.9%47.4%–55.0%78.9%50.0%47.6%52.9%–
Sick days per teacher –2.111.41.21.51.3–6.26.32.31.86.2–

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, 8.7% of pupils at Rothwell Victoria Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 17 10
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Social, emotional and mental health 2 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 0

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 Rothwell Victoria Infant School received £6,481 and spent £6,715 for each of its 261 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £247,000 (£949 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Inmat, income was £6,569 and spending £6,333 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920202021202220232025
Revenue reserve £84,000£185,000£224,000£323,000£311,000£247,000
per pupil £276£641£749£1,185£1,078£949
In-year balance £22,000£98,000-£101,000£167,000-£38,000-£61,000
per pupil £73£338-£337£613-£133-£234

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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3.59 miles
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3.86 miles
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Name Distance
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0.34 miles
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1.54 miles
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3.01 miles
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3.92 miles
Bishop Stopford School
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4.11 miles
Kettering Science Academy
Deeble Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7AA
4.28 miles
Southfield School for Girls
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4.4 miles
Isebrook School
Eastleigh Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6PT
4.71 miles
Kingswood Secondary Academy
Gainsborough Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 9NS
4.74 miles
Brooke Weston Academy
Coomb Road, Corby, Great Oakley, Northamptonshire, NN18 8LA
4.84 miles

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How many pupils does Rothwell Victoria Infant School have?

Rothwell Victoria Infant School has 263 pupils on roll.

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Rothwell Victoria Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

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Rothwell Victoria Infant School is at School Lane, Rothwell, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 6HZ.

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