Secondary applications close 31 October – compare your shortlist now

Park Junior School, Wellingborough

Primary Ages 7-11 237 pupils Wellingborough
Ofsted: Good

Park Junior School, Wellingborough is an academy converter in Wellingborough for pupils aged 7 to 11. It has 237 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Park Junior School, Wellingborough is Good, from an inspection in January 2018 of its predecessor, Park Junior School, Wellingborough. In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 26.3 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: May 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 7-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Great Park Street
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN8 4PH
Phone 01933224501
Reference Number 149127

General Makeup

Number of pupils 237
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.79%
Girls: 50.21%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 21.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 40.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
3 31 29 60
4 27 29 56
5 27 33 60
6 33 28 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 35%
White, Other 14.8%
Indian 11.8%
African 7.2%
Asian, Other 4.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.8%
White & Asian 3%
Pakistani 3%
Mixed, Other 1.7%
Unclassified 1.3%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Caribbean 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Park Junior School, Wellingborough, inspected in January 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 25 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
25 Mar 2025 School inspection
08 Sep 2022 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 45%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

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 103
Maths 102

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 -0.2
Writing 1.2
Maths 1.3

How many students meet the standards

Sample

Unlock

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.

Sample

Unlock

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.

Sample

Unlock
Unlock Premium

See how Park Junior School, Wellingborough ranks locally and nationally. Percentile rankings against every other school, historic result charts, admissions data and post-GCSE destinations are all included.

£9.99 one-off payment. Lifetime access, no subscription.

Unlock for £9.99

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Park Junior School, Wellingborough had 235 pupils for 240 places. 5 places (2.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Wellingboro Primary” planning area

North Northamptonshire counted 812 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 816 in 2029–30, down 0%.

202320242025
Places 240240240
Pupils 241241235
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%2.1%

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 Park Junior School, Wellingborough attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 4.3%4.2%4.0%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.7%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.8%0.4%0.8%

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, 0.4% of pupils at Park Junior School, Wellingborough were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.40.4
Permanent exclusions 000

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 Park Junior School, Wellingborough had 26.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.711.411.411.6
Teachers who left state teaching 15.0%7.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 50.0%38.5%33.3%–
Sick days per teacher 1.70.84.2–

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, 19.8% of pupils at Park Junior School, Wellingborough were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 20 3
Speech, language and communication needs 12 1
Moderate learning difficulty 8 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Specific learning difficulty 1 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 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 Park Junior School, Wellingborough received £7,083 and spent £6,832 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £307,000 (£1,288 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Northampton Primary Academy Trust, income was £7,879 and spending £7,861 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve £268,000£269,000£307,000
per pupil £1,112£1,117£1,288
In-year balance -£41,000£37,000£60,000
per pupil -£169£152£251

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
The Avenue Infant School
The Avenue, The Avenue Infant School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4ET
0.1 miles
Refocus
6 Knox Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1HW
0.22 miles
All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery
Castle Street, All Saints Ceva Primary School and Nursery Unit, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1LS
0.37 miles
Victoria Primary Academy
Finedon Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4NT
0.37 miles
Highfield Nursery School
Finedon Road, Wellingborough, NN8 4AB
0.37 miles
Rowan Gate Primary School - Four Sites
Rowan Gate Primary School, Finedon Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4NS
0.41 miles
St Barnabas Church of England School
St Barnabas Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 3HB
0.53 miles
Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy
Westfield Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 3HD
0.56 miles
Oakway Academy
102 Oakway, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4SD
0.66 miles
Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery
Croyland Road, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 2AX
0.74 miles
Croyland Primary School
Croyland Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2AX
0.77 miles
Redwell Primary School
Barnwell Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 5LQ
1.03 miles
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Henshaw Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2BE
1.09 miles
Warwick Academy
Dulley Avenue, Wellingborough, NN8 2PS
1.17 miles
Stanton Cross Primary School
Waverley Drive, Stanton Cross, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1GN
1.28 miles
Olympic Primary
Olympic Way, Wellingborough, NN8 3QA
1.3 miles
Ruskin Infant School
Ruskin Avenue, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 3EG
1.43 miles
Ruskin Academy
Ruskin Avenue, Wellingborough, NN8 3EG
1.44 miles
The Glenvale Church of England Primary School
30 Beaumont Road, Wellingborough, NN8 6BP
1.5 miles
Great Doddington Primary
Church Lane, Great Doddington, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7TR
2.18 miles
Name Distance
Sir Christopher Hatton Academy
The Pyghtle, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4RP
0.33 miles
Friars Academy
Friars Close, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2LA
0.5 miles
Wellingborough School
London Road, Wellingborough, NN8 2BX
0.51 miles
Wrenn School
London Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2DQ
0.56 miles
Weavers Academy
Brickhill Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 3JH
0.94 miles
Huxlow Academy
Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 5TY
3.41 miles
Wollaston School
Irchester Road, Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7PH
3.52 miles
Rushden Academy
Hayway, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 6AG
3.67 miles
The Ferrers School
Queensway, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8LF
4.38 miles
Chelveston Road School
Chelveston Road, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, NN10 8HN
4.55 miles

All schools in Wellingborough · North Northamptonshire local authority: places and applications

Park Junior School, Wellingborough is part of Northampton Primary Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

What is Park Junior School, Wellingborough's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Park Junior School, Wellingborough is Good, from an inspection in January 2018 of its predecessor, Park Junior School, Wellingborough.

When was Park Junior School, Wellingborough last inspected by Ofsted?

Park Junior School, Wellingborough was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Park Junior School, Wellingborough have?

Park Junior School, Wellingborough has 237 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park Junior School, Wellingborough cover?

Park Junior School, Wellingborough for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Park Junior School, Wellingborough's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Park Junior School, Wellingborough?

Park Junior School, Wellingborough is at Great Park Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4PH.

Filters

Basics

Age Range

Special Schools

Independent Schools

Faith Schools

Key Stage 2 Attainment

Students Meeting expected standard

Unlock Premium to filter by results - £9.99 one-off, lifetime access.

Unlock for £9.99

Students Meeting higher standard

Unlock Premium to filter by results - £9.99 one-off, lifetime access.

Unlock for £9.99

GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Unlock Premium to filter by results - £9.99 one-off, lifetime access.

Unlock for £9.99

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

Unlock Premium to filter by results - £9.99 one-off, lifetime access.

Unlock for £9.99