Ecton Village Primary School

Ecton Village Primary Academy has shown significant improvements since its previous inspection, moving from a grade of Requires Improvement to Good overall. The school provides a supportive and nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and safe, forming a close-knit community. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively tailored to meet the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), who receive excellent support. Despite past disappointing outcomes, leadership has taken decisive actions to enhance the curriculum, ensuring that pupils are better prepared for future challenges.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe in a supportive community.
• Strong leadership with effective subject leaders.
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum across subjects.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• High-quality phonics curriculum taught consistently.
• Pupils demonstrate impressive recall of their learning.
• Positive school council promoting democracy and student voice.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects have new curricula that require further embedding.
• Attendance remains a priority as some pupils miss school regularly.

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 Ecton Village Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Ecton Village 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 Ecton Village Primary School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 21.6% of pupils at Ecton Village Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 Ecton Village Primary School received £8,356 and spent £8,478 for each of its 67 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £3,000 (£49 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Hatton Academies Trust, income was £6,188 and spending £6,108 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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Ecton Village Primary School is part of Hatton Academies Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Earls Barton Primary School Northampton
• Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough
• Oakway Academy Wellingborough
• Victoria Primary Academy Wellingborough

What is Ecton Village Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ecton Village Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Ecton Village Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ecton Village Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Ecton Village Primary School have?

Ecton Village Primary School has 74 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ecton Village Primary School cover?

Ecton Village Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Ecton Village Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Ecton Village Primary School?

Ecton Village Primary School is at West Street, Ecton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 0QF.