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Ecton Village Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
West Street, Ecton, Northampton NN6 0QF · ectonvillageacademy.org.uk · 01604 409213
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 74
- 70% of 105 places
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- First language not English
- 4.1%
- 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, 8 families put the school first and 9 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 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 121818)
Ofsted
Ecton Village Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 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 | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121818), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 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 Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121818)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 19
- 27% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied