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Long Buckby Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
High Street, Long Buckby, Northampton NN6 7RE · longbuckbyinfantschool.org.uk · 01327 842637
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 119
- 73% of 162 places
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 8.4%
- First language not English
- 1.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: West Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 42 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Long Buckby Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (71 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 71
- 54% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (17%) with SEND