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Ringstead Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Church Street, Ringstead, Kettering NN14 4DH · ringsteadprimary.net · 01933 622734
On the mapSearch near NN14 4DH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Northamptonshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · North Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 146
- 6 over 140 places · 104%
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
- First language not English
- 2.1%
- 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: North Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 29 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 | 29 | 24 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 21 | 1.1▲ | 71% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 9 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across North Northamptonshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ringstead Church of England Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- 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, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121989), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121989)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 30
- 23% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied