Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School

Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School is performing well overall, receiving a good rating across all inspected areas including the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school provides a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy attending school. Their positive attitudes toward learning and participation in a wide range of extracurricular activities contribute to their overall happiness and development. The school's leaders are committed to fostering engagement through their ambitious curriculum and effective support for pupils, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• The school provides a happy and caring environment for pupils.
• Pupils display positive attitudes to all aspects of school life.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-planned across all subjects.
• Teachers are knowledgeable and present information clearly.
• The school offers a wide range of extracurricular opportunities.
• Pupils feel safe and bullying is dealt with quickly.
• Leaders provide effective support for pupils’ mental health and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• A significant minority of disadvantaged pupils are absent too often.
• Some foundation subjects lack effective planning for assessing pupils' learning.

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 Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior 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 Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.2% 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, 19.4% of pupils at Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% 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 Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School received £6,531 and spent £6,433 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £144,000 (£707 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Learning for Life Education Trust, income was £6,274 and spending £6,272 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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Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School is part of Learning for Life Education Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Finedon Nursery and Infant School Wellingborough
• Irthlingborough Junior School Wellingborough
• Irthlingborough Nursery and Infant School Wellingborough
• Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School Rushden
• Higham Ferrers Junior School Rushden

What is Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School have?

Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School has 201 pupils on roll.

What age range does Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School cover?

Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School?

Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School is at Wellingborough Road, Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 5JT.