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Priors Hall - A Learning Community
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Gretton Road, Priors Hall, Priors Hall Park, Corby NN17 5EB · priorshallschool.co.uk · 01536 216090
On the mapSearch near NN17 5EB
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Northamptonshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 478
- 58 over 420 places · 114%
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.2%
- First language not English
- 35.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 95% 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 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 62 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●104 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Priors Hall - A Learning Community on 22 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 143656), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 143656)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 106
- 22% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (14%) with SEND