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Danesholme Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Sponsored academy
Motala Close, Corby NN18 9DT · danesholmeinfantacademy.org · 01536 741732
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · North Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 189
- 70% of 270 places
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 25.3%
- First language not English
- 38.6%
- 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, 40 families put the school first and 45 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 | 45 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 29 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Danesholme Infant Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Jun 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 | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121903), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121903)
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 13
- 6% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 38% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied