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Hartwell Primary School

West Northamptonshire, NN7 2HLPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Oct 2022
KS2 Results
92%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
30 1st-choice / 30 places
Ranking
🏆Top 5%
#208 of 13,686 nationally

About Hartwell Primary School

Hartwell Primary School, a Church of England state primary in West Northamptonshire, holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, with every inspected category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — all rated Good. The academic story, however, is best told by the school’s Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 year. A striking 92% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, a figure that sits 29 percentage points above the local authority average of 63%. This performance places Hartwell sixth out of 134 primary schools in West Northamptonshire, inside the top five per cent nationally, and gives it a ranking score of 92. The school is just behind the very top performers in the area, Helmdon and Greatworth, which both scored 100.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressSchool Lane, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, NN7 2HL
HeadteacherJac Johnson
Local AuthorityWest Northamptonshire
Number of Pupils188
Free School Meals (FSM)6.4%
School Capacity188 / 210 (90% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

11 Oct 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 22 Nov 2022. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismSpeech & LanguageHearingMulti-Sensory

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:20

Source: hartwellschool.com. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Hartwell Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.