Danesholme Infant Academy

Danesholme Infant Academy has made significant strides since its last inspection, improving in several areas to achieve a 'Good' rating overall. Leaders have focused on raising expectations and enhancing the curriculum, especially in core subjects like reading, writing, and mathematics. The school fosters a welcoming and safe environment, emphasizing the importance of listening to students' needs and building positive relationships with families. While there are notable strengths, particularly in the support for pupils with SEND, the early years provision requires improvement to ensure that all independent activities effectively promote learning.

Strengths

• Strong focus on individual pupil needs.
• Welcoming and nurturing school environment.
• Positive relationships between staff, pupils, and families.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Successful initiatives to improve attendance, particularly for disadvantaged pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some leaders lack the necessary expertise to implement improvements fully.
• Independent activities in early years do not always maximize learning and language development.

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 Danesholme Infant Academy attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Danesholme Infant Academy 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 Danesholme Infant Academy had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Danesholme Infant Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 Danesholme Infant Academy received £8,125 and spent £8,045 for each of its 193 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £225,000 (£1,167 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of Greenwood Academies Trust, income was £8,670 and spending £8,578 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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All schools in Corby · North Northamptonshire local authority: places and applications

Danesholme Infant Academy is part of Greenwood Academies Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Danesholme Junior Academy Corby
• Kingswood Secondary Academy Corby
• Kingswood Primary Academy Corby
• Hazel Leys Academy Corby
• Corby Primary Academy Corby
• Studfall Junior Academy Corby
• Studfall Infant Academy Corby
• Rushden Primary Academy Rushden
• Woodvale Primary Academy Northampton
• Sunnyside Primary Academy Northampton

What is Danesholme Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Danesholme Infant Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Danesholme Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Danesholme Infant Academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Danesholme Infant Academy have?

Danesholme Infant Academy has 189 pupils on roll.

What age range does Danesholme Infant Academy cover?

Danesholme Infant Academy for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Danesholme Infant Academy?

Danesholme Infant Academy is at Motala Close, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 9DT.