The Radstone Primary School

The Radstone Primary School has been evaluated as good overall during its first inspection since opening as a free school in 2018. The school fosters a warm and inclusive ethos, where students feel safe and well-supported. Under the guidance of the motto 'Be the best that you can be', the leaders have established high aspirations for all learners, promoting a broad curriculum enriched with clubs and activities, particularly excelling in sports and the arts. The school has implemented effective strategies for teaching phonics and reading, ensuring that students develop positive attitudes towards literacy.

Strengths

• Warm and inclusive school atmosphere
• High aspirations for every pupil
• Broad and balanced curriculum
• Strong focus on sports and the arts
• Effective phonics teaching and reading support
• Positive student attitudes towards learning
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum implementation and monitoring
• Need for improved connection of prior learning to current lessons
• Persistent absence challenges for disadvantaged pupils

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 The Radstone Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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, 1.0% of pupils at The Radstone 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 The Radstone Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.1% 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, 16.6% of pupils at The Radstone Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 The Radstone Primary School received £5,473 and spent £4,989 for each of its 417 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £210,000 (£505 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of The Hawksmoor Learning Trust, income was £5,738 and spending £5,470 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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The Radstone Primary School is part of The Hawksmoor Learning Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Bracken Leas Primary School Brackley
• Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School Towcester
• Marie Weller Primary School Towcester

What is The Radstone Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Radstone Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was The Radstone Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Radstone Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does The Radstone Primary School have?

The Radstone Primary School has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Radstone Primary School cover?

The Radstone Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are The Radstone Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Radstone Primary School?

The Radstone Primary School is at Poppyfields Way, Brackley, NN13 6GA.