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Standens Barn Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 327 pupils Northampton
Ofsted: Good
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Standens Barn Primary School is an academy converter in Northampton for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 327 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Standens Barn Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2018 of its predecessor, Standens Barn Primary School. In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: September 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Flaxwell Court
Standens Barn
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN3 9EH
Phone 01604413151
Reference Number 144177

General Makeup

Number of pupils 327
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.43%
Girls: 45.57%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 48%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 28 23 51
2 18 22 40
3 22 11 33
4 31 24 55
5 29 28 57
6 30 25 55

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 41%
White, Other 31.2%
African 5.2%
Indian 4.6%
Unclassified 4.3%
Mixed, Other 2.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.4%
Caribbean 1.2%
White & Asian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Standens Barn Primary School, inspected in July 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Jul 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Jul 2023 School inspection
08 Feb 2019 Academy conversion letter
03 Jul 2018 Short inspection
Previously as Standens Barn Primary School
20 Nov 2014 Full inspection:
30 Apr 2013 Monitoring visit
20 Feb 2013 Full inspection:
19 May 2011 Full inspection:
03 Dec 2008 Curriculum and development visit
05 Dec 2007 Full inspection:
06 Jun 2007 Monitoring visit
07 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
19 Mar 2001 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 66%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.7
Writing -0.4
Maths 1.2

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 5 0
Third Preference 4 0
From another Local Authority 2 2

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Standens Barn Primary School had 354 pupils for 420 places. 66 places (15.7%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “NN3 East” planning area

West Northamptonshire counted 365 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 335 in 2029–30, down 8%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420
Pupils 401385392379369354
Unfilled 4.5%8.3%6.7%9.8%12.1%15.7%

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 Standens Barn Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 1.8%5.1%4.1%3.1%2.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.9%2.1%1.8%1.8%1.5%
Severely absent pupils 2.3%0.0%0.6%1.4%1.8%

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, 0.3% of pupils at Standens Barn Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.01.10.3
Permanent exclusions 000010

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 Standens Barn Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.810.710.711.510.611.210.3
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%3.0%5.0%11.4%0.0%8.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –37.5%68.0%63.6%40.9%45.5%–
Sick days per teacher –7.93.81.70.63.1–

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, 10.4% of pupils at Standens Barn Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 12 2
Social, emotional and mental health 8 2
Specific learning difficulty 6 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Multi-sensory impairment 0 1
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Physical disability 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 Standens Barn Primary School received £6,831 and spent £6,694 for each of its 355 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £784,000 (£2,208 per pupil).

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

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £189,000£236,000£341,000£243,000£100,000£784,000
per pupil £481£608£877£645£270£2,208
In-year balance -£14,000£50,000£130,000-£27,000-£132,000£48,000
per pupil -£35£129£334-£73-£359£136

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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Standens Barn Primary School is part of Inmat, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

What is Standens Barn Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Standens Barn Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2018 of its predecessor, Standens Barn Primary School.

When was Standens Barn Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Standens Barn Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Standens Barn Primary School have?

Standens Barn Primary School has 327 pupils on roll.

What age range does Standens Barn Primary School cover?

Standens Barn Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Standens Barn Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Standens Barn Primary School?

Standens Barn Primary School is at Flaxwell Court, Standens Barn, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 9EH.

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