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Thrapston Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 468 pupils Kettering
Ofsted: Good
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Thrapston Primary School is an academy converter in Kettering for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 468 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Thrapston Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022 of its predecessor, Thrapston Primary School. In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: October 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Unknown
Address Market Road
Thrapston
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN14 4JU
Phone 01832732512
Reference Number 149988

General Makeup

Number of pupils 468
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.85%
Girls: 49.15%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.6
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 26 36 62
2 33 30 63
3 36 33 69
4 30 35 65
5 35 26 61
6 41 20 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83.8%
White, Other 3.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3%
Mixed, Other 1.7%
Asian, Other 1.5%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
African 1.3%
Unclassified 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6%
White & Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Thrapston Primary School, inspected in September 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Oct 2023 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 48%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 1%

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 103
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 22 4
Third Preference 21 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Thrapston Primary School had 458 pupils for 580 places. 122 places (21.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “PrinceWill Primary” planning area

North Northamptonshire counted 230 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 195 in 2029–30, down 15%.

20242025
Places 580580
Pupils 463458
Unfilled 20.2%21.0%

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 Thrapston Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 4.0%3.8%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.0%
Severely absent pupils 0.7%1.7%

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, 0.8% of pupils at Thrapston Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.81.2
Permanent exclusions 00

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 Thrapston Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.68.89.8
Teachers who left state teaching 6.4%13.8%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 45.8%16.7%–
Sick days per teacher 3.70.8–

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, 16.2% of pupils at Thrapston Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 31 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 25 15
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 29
Social, emotional and mental health 23 3
Specific learning difficulty 18 2
Moderate learning difficulty 3 2
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Physical disability 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 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 Thrapston Primary School received £7,077 and spent £8,260 for each of its 476 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £184,000 (-£388 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of The Brooke Weston Trust, income was £8,182 and spending £8,461 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve -£184,000
per pupil -£388
In-year balance -£563,000
per pupil -£1,183

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
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Titchmarsh, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 3DR
1.73 miles
Woodford Church of England Primary School
High Street, Woodford, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4HF
2.12 miles
Ringstead Church of England Primary School
Church Street, Ringstead, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4DH
2.16 miles
Trinity Church of England Primary School
Main Street, Aldwincle, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 3EL
2.19 miles
Great Addington CofE Primary School
Woodford Road, Great Addington, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4BS
3.12 miles
Windmill Primary School
Windmill Lane, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6LA
3.35 miles
Raunds Park Infant School
Park Street, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6NB
3.57 miles
St Peter's Church of England Academy
Mountbatten Way, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6PA
3.59 miles
Stanwick Primary School
Church Street, Stanwick, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6PS
4.47 miles
Cranford CofE Primary School
Church Lane, Cranford, Kettering, NN14 4AE
4.55 miles
Name Distance
Progress Schools - Thrapston
Cedar Drive, Thrapston, Northampton, NN14 4LZ
0.17 miles
Manor School
Mountbatten Way, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6PA
3.57 miles

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

Thrapston Primary School is part of The Brooke Weston Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

What is Thrapston Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thrapston Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022 of its predecessor, Thrapston Primary School.

When was Thrapston Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Thrapston Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Thrapston Primary School have?

Thrapston Primary School has 468 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thrapston Primary School cover?

Thrapston Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thrapston Primary School?

Thrapston Primary School is at Market Road, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4JU.

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