Gretton Primary Academy

About Gretton Primary Academy

Gretton Primary Academy’s headline metrics put it well ahead of the local authority average for primary schools in North Northamptonshire. While the LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined (KS2) sits at 61%, Gretton achieves a remarkable 94%. That gap of 33 percentage points is substantial and places the school first out of 90 primaries in the authority, and in the top 1% nationally. It’s a small school — just 144 pupils against a capacity of 145 — so these results reflect a tight-knit setting where academic expectations are clearly high. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in February 2025, confirmed that standards are being maintained, and the leadership and management were judged Outstanding. The early years provision was also rated Outstanding, which bodes well for children starting in Reception.

Digging into the 2023/24 KS2 results, the picture is consistently strong. Every single pupil met the expected standard in maths, and 94% did so in reading and writing. At the higher standard, 59% of pupils achieved that level in reading, 35% in maths and 18% in writing — all well above typical LA figures. The average scaled scores in reading and maths were both 109, comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. Progress scores aren’t available in the data, so we can’t say how much value the school adds relative to starting points, but the raw outcomes are impressive. The school’s Ofsted history shows it has been rated Good since at least 2011, with the 2016 graded inspection also awarding Good overall. The leadership and management have since been upgraded to Outstanding, and early years provision has moved from Requires Improvement to Outstanding.

The school is oversubscribed: for 22 places in the 2025/26 intake, there were 59 applications, with 18 offers made to first-preference families. That’s a ratio of 2.68 applicants per place, so early registration is advisable. Facilities include an ICT suite, music rooms, a sports hall, art studios, a gymnasium, playing fields and an outdoor playground. Clubs range from chess and choir to coding, science club and film club. The Parent View survey, based on 66 responses, shows 71% would recommend the school, though opinions are more divided on SEND support: 65% of respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need. The school does list provisions for dyslexia, social and emotional mental health, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties, so it’s worth discussing specific needs directly with the headteacher, Julia Dickinson.

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