All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery

About All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery

All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery in North Northamptonshire is a Church of England state primary for children aged 3 to 11, and it is currently popular enough to be oversubscribed. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 71 applications for just 30 places, with 44 of those coming as first preferences, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.37. That demand makes sense when you consider the school is actually operating above its official capacity: it has 243 pupils on roll against a stated capacity of 210. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals sits at 11.1%, which is below the national average for primary schools, suggesting the intake skews slightly more affluent than the wider area. The school also has a nursery provision, so families looking for a single-site journey from age three through to Year 6 will find that continuity appealing. The headteacher is Emma Johnson, and the school’s religious character as Church of England may be a draw for some families, though it is not a faith school in the selective sense.

Academically, All Saints holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement in 2018. The inspection in June 2022 awarded Good across all five categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is very close to the local authority average of 61%. The school’s individual subject scores are solid: 83% achieved the expected standard in writing, 73% in maths, and 70% in reading. At the higher standard, 7% hit the top marks across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 103 in reading and 102 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. Nationally, the school ranks in the 56th percentile for its combined RWM expected score, placing it in the middle of the pack, while within North Northamptonshire it sits 47th out of 90 primary schools.

The school offers a decent range of facilities including a chapel, music rooms, playing fields and an outdoor playground, plus a dining hall. Sports provision covers dance, athletics, cricket, cross country, swimming, tennis and rounders, and there are clubs for drama, film, chess and gardening. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists support for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate and severe learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, and speech, language and communication needs. Given the oversubscription, families applying from outside the catchment or without a church connection should be realistic about their chances, though 29 of the 30 places went to first-preference applicants, so it is not impossible. This is a school that has turned itself around from Requires Improvement to Good, is running above capacity, and delivers results broadly in line with the local average, making it a solid, popular choice for families in the area who value a Church of England setting and a broad extracurricular offer.

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