Bozeat Community Primary School

About Bozeat Community Primary School

Bozeat Community Primary School is a small village primary in North Northamptonshire that parents clearly want to get into. For the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 19 applications for just 12 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.58. Eleven of those applications were first-preference choices, and all 11 received offers, meaning every family who put Bozeat as their top pick got a spot. The school doesn't publish a parent-view survey, so we can't quote a recommend percentage, but the demand speaks for itself. With 118 pupils on roll against a capacity of 175, there's room to grow, yet the school is already oversubscribed — a sign that local families see something worth competing for. Headteacher Gareth Rust leads a mixed, non-denominational state primary for ages 3 to 11, with nursery provision available for the youngest children.

Academically, Bozeat sits comfortably in the middle of the pack. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — just above the North Northamptonshire local authority average of 61%. That places the school 36th out of 111 primary schools in the LA, and 38th out of 90 when ranked specifically on the combined expected standard metric. At the higher end, 4% of pupils achieved greater depth across all three subjects, while individual subject scores were stronger: 48% hit the higher standard in reading, 20% in maths, and 12% in writing. Average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 104 in maths. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in September 2023 awarded an overall Good rating, a notable improvement from the Requires Improvement it received in November 2018. The early years provision was judged Outstanding, and every other category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management — was rated Good.

The school offers a solid range of facilities for its size, including art studios, music rooms, a dining hall, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports provision covers rounders, netball, football, cross country, dance and gymnastics, while extracurricular clubs include chess, science club, drama, eco club and gardening. For children with additional needs, the school supports specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, social and emotional mental health needs, hearing impairment, and other difficulties or disabilities. With just over 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is broadly representative of a typical village primary. Bozeat is best suited to families who want a genuinely local, community-focused school with improving outcomes and a strong early years offer, and who are happy to trade a larger school's breadth of facilities for a smaller, more personal setting.

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