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Raunds Park Infant School

Primary Ages 5-7 149 pupils Wellingborough
Ofsted: Good

Raunds Park Infant School is an academy converter in Wellingborough for pupils aged 5 to 7. It has 149 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Raunds Park Infant School is Good, from an inspection in March 2017 of its predecessor, Raunds Park Infant School.

Ofsted inspection: December 2023.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-7
Religion Does not apply
Address Park Street
Raunds
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN9 6NB
Reference Number 146865

General Makeup

Number of pupils 149
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.31%
Girls: 53.69%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 26 28 54
2 25 26 51

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 79.9%
White, Other 5.4%
African 3.4%
Mixed, Other 2.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
Caribbean 2%
Asian, Other 1.3%
White & Asian 0.7%
Indian 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Irish 0.7%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Raunds Park Infant School, inspected in March 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Oct 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Oct 2023 School inspection
06 Jun 2019 Academy conversion letter
29 Mar 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Raunds Park Infant School
09 May 2013 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
11 Feb 2009 Full inspection:
01 Mar 2006 Full inspection:
29 Nov 1999 Full inspection

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 26 9
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Raunds Park Infant School had 167 pupils for 168 places. 1 places (0.6%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Manor Primary” planning area

North Northamptonshire counted 155 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 135 in 2029–30, down 13%.

20212022202320242025
Places 165165168168168
Pupils 135154160164167
Unfilled 18.2%6.7%4.8%2.4%0.6%

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 Raunds Park Infant School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.1%5.2%4.8%3.7%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 0.2%0.6%0.9%2.1%2.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%1.0%0.9%0.0%0.9%

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, 3.0% of pupils at Raunds Park Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.02.30.01.30.67.3
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Raunds Park Infant School had 24.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% 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 11.211.615.112.812.212.611.5
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%18.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%15.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –50.0%100.0%66.7%75.0%75.0%–
Sick days per teacher –3.16.317.719.32.4–

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, 2.7% of pupils at Raunds Park Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 2 3
Social, emotional and mental health 1 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 0 1

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 Raunds Park Infant School received £6,418 and spent £6,373 for each of its 165 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £62,000 (£373 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Nene Education Trust, income was £6,877 and spending £6,854 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £142,000£163,000£16,000-£53,000£55,000£62,000
per pupil £1,152£1,254£109-£330£339£373
In-year balance -£12,000£30,000-£2,000-£19,000£14,000£7,000
per pupil -£99£230-£13-£121£86£45

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.

Name Distance
St Peter's Church of England Academy
Mountbatten Way, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6PA
0.1 miles
Windmill Primary School
Windmill Lane, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6LA
0.45 miles
Stanwick Primary School
Church Street, Stanwick, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6PS
1.47 miles
Ringstead Church of England Primary School
Church Street, Ringstead, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4DH
1.77 miles
Great Addington CofE Primary School
Woodford Road, Great Addington, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4BS
3.04 miles
Woodford Church of England Primary School
High Street, Woodford, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4HF
3.44 miles
Henry Chichele Primary School
School Lane, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, NN10 8NQ
3.46 miles
Thrapston Primary School
Market Road, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4JU
3.57 miles
Higham Ferrers Junior School
Saffron Road, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8ED
3.67 miles
Irthlingborough Junior School
College Street, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 5TX
3.68 miles
Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School
Wharf Road, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8BQ
3.7 miles
Irthlingborough Nursery and Infant School
Scarborough Street, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 5TT
3.71 miles
Denfield Park Primary School
Victoria Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0DA
4.23 miles
Eileen Wade Primary School
High Street, Upper Dean, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0ND
4.24 miles
Newton Road School
Newton Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0HH
4.43 miles
Alfred Lord Tennyson School
Alfred Street, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 9YS
4.59 miles
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Titchmarsh, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 3DR
4.63 miles
Rushden Primary Academy
Goulsbra Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0YX
4.86 miles
Name Distance
Manor School
Mountbatten Way, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6PA
0.05 miles
Chelveston Road School
Chelveston Road, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, NN10 8HN
3.16 miles
Progress Schools - Thrapston
Cedar Drive, Thrapston, Northampton, NN14 4LZ
3.44 miles
The Ferrers School
Queensway, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8LF
3.58 miles
Huxlow Academy
Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 5TY
3.88 miles
Rushden Academy
Hayway, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 6AG
4.36 miles

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Raunds Park Infant School is part of Nene Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

What is Raunds Park Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Raunds Park Infant School is Good, from an inspection in March 2017 of its predecessor, Raunds Park Infant School.

When was Raunds Park Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Raunds Park Infant School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Raunds Park Infant School have?

Raunds Park Infant School has 149 pupils on roll.

What age range does Raunds Park Infant School cover?

Raunds Park Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Raunds Park Infant School?

Raunds Park Infant School is at Park Street, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6NB.

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