Yardley Hastings Primary School

About Yardley Hastings Primary School

Yardley Hastings Primary School’s Key Stage 2 results stand well apart from the local authority average. In the 2023/24 assessments, 93 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a West Northamptonshire average of 63 per cent — a gap of 30 percentage points. The school also outperforms at the higher standard, with 14 per cent of pupils achieving that benchmark across all three subjects, while in maths alone half of all pupils reached the higher level. These figures place Yardley Hastings fifth out of 147 primary schools in the authority, and in the top 0.9 per cent nationally. It is one of only 11 primaries in West Northamptonshire rated Outstanding by Ofsted, a distinction it has held across both its recent inspections.

Ofsted’s most recent graded inspection, in November 2023, awarded the top grade across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This represents an improvement from the previous inspection in 2011, when early years provision was rated Good. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 tests, the school achieved a perfect 100 per cent of pupils reaching the expected standard in maths, with an average maths score of 110. Reading and writing both saw 93 per cent of pupils at the expected level, and average reading and maths scores of 109 and 110 respectively sit well above the national average. Progress scores are not available in the data, but the attainment figures alone suggest pupils leave with a strong academic foundation.

The school is small — 115 pupils against a capacity of 120 — and oversubscribed, with 42 applications for 15 places in the 2025/26 intake and an oversubscription ratio of 2.8. It offers nursery provision for children from age three, and its facilities include playing fields, a sports hall, art studios, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, cricket, netball, tennis, athletics and rounders, and there are clubs for science, eco and book enthusiasts. The school has identified SEND provision for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, hearing impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. For families who can secure a place, this is a school that combines exceptional academic outcomes with a broad range of facilities and activities, all within a small, well-led environment.

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