Warwick Academy

About Warwick Academy

Warwick Academy is a state primary in North Northamptonshire that currently educates 294 pupils against a school capacity of 420, meaning it has significant room to grow. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 40.1%, which is notably high and suggests the school serves a community with above-average economic disadvantage compared with the national primary average. Despite this, demand for places is strong: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 36 applications for 19 places, with all 19 first-preference applicants offered a spot. That oversubscription ratio of 1.89 indicates a school that local families actively want, even though it is not yet full to capacity. The school is mixed, non-denominational, and takes children from age 2 to 11, though it does not operate a nursery. Catherine Starnes is the headteacher.

Academically, Warwick Academy received a Good rating from Ofsted in its most recent graded inspection in January 2023, a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement in 2018. The inspection awarded Good across all categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the local authority average of 61%. The school ranks 66th out of 90 primary schools in North Northamptonshire on this measure, placing it in the bottom half of the LA. However, individual subject scores tell a more nuanced story: 76% reached the expected standard in writing, and 65% in maths, while reading was at 63%. The proportion reaching the higher standard across all three subjects was just 4%, though 22% achieved higher in writing.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a library, ICT suite, art studios, music rooms, a sports hall, playing fields, and a forest school. Sports provision covers swimming, cricket, football, athletics, gymnastics and dance, while extracurricular clubs include coding, science club, book club, gardening and chess. SEND support is well-documented, with provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. This makes it a practical choice for families whose children require additional support within a mainstream setting. The school is oversubscribed but not prohibitively so, and with 19 first-preference offers made, families who list it first have a realistic chance of securing a place. It suits parents looking for a community-focused primary with strong SEND provision and a broad extracurricular offer, set in a context of high pupil disadvantage.

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