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Rectory Farm Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Olden Road, Rectory Farm, Northampton NN3 5DD · rfps.org.uk · 01604 411820
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 45%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. West Northamptonshire 63%, England 62%
- 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
- 179
- 85% of 210 places
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 30.2%
- First language not English
- 49.2%
- 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, 21 families put the school first and 21 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 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 45% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across West Northamptonshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼45% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 121940)
Ofsted
Rectory Farm Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 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, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121940), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2015Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121940)
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 33
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied