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Windmill Primary School

North Northamptonshire, NN9 6LAPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Requires improvement
Dec 2024
KS2 Results
45%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
35 1st-choice / 40 places
Ranking
#11,708
of 13,686 nationally

About Windmill Primary School

Windmill Primary School in North Northamptonshire was rated Requires Improvement in its most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2024, a drop from the Good rating it had held since its previous inspection in 2015. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard attainment, which sits at 45 per cent. That is well below the local authority average of 61 per cent for primary schools in North Northamptonshire, and it places Windmill 79th out of 90 primary schools in the area — in the bottom half of the league table. Within the East Midlands region, it ranks 1,135th out of 1,353 schools, and nationally it sits at 11,708th out of 13,686. The Ofsted report judged every inspected category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — as requiring improvement, with no area rated higher.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterNone
AddressWindmill Lane, Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, NN9 6LA
HeadteacherRhys Penny
Local AuthorityNorth Northamptonshire
Number of Pupils370
Free School Meals (FSM)22.4%
School Capacity370 / 420 (88% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

3 Dec 2024
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Quality of Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & Attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal Development
Requires improvement
Leadership & Management
Requires improvement
Early Years Provision
Requires improvement

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 26 Jan 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageVisionPhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

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

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:20

Breakfast club

07:30-08:40

After-school care

15:20-17:30

Source: windmillprimary.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Windmill Primary School

Windmill Primary School has been rated "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. This means the school is not yet good, but inspectors believe it can improve with the right support and changes.