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Irchester Community Primary School

North Northamptonshire, NN29 7AZPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Jun 2023
KS2 Results
58%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
36 1st-choice / 38 places
Ranking
#8,386
of 13,686 nationally

About Irchester Community Primary School

Irchester Community Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its most recent graded inspection in 2014 and confirmed as still accurate in an ungraded visit in 2023. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard score: 58% of pupils reached that benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits just below the North Northamptonshire local authority average of 61%, placing Irchester 57th out of 111 primary schools in the area. The school’s national ranking for this metric is in the 61st percentile, meaning it performs better than roughly six in ten schools across England. While the school does not have progress scores available for reading, writing or maths, its average scaled scores are solid: 103 in reading and 102 in maths, both above the national baseline of 100.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressSchool Lane, Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, NN29 7AZ
HeadteacherSimon Anderson
Local AuthorityNorth Northamptonshire
Number of Pupils351
Free School Meals (FSM)19.4%
School Capacity351 / 420 (84% full)

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23 Jun 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (23 Jun 2023): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 8 May 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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Irchester Community 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.