Spring Lane Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Northampton, NN1 2JW
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Castle Academy
St George's Street, Northampton, NN1 2TR
Local ranking65th of 144 primary schools in West Northamptonshire
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 69.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 451
- Boys
- 227 (50%)
- Girls
- 228 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (108% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.9%
- EAL
- 69.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,354/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White Other: 28.9%
- Black African: 20.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 13.3%
- White British: 10.2%
- Asian Indian: 10.2%
- Black Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
28.9%
White Other
20.8%
Black African
13.3%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St George's Street
Northampton, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 140362
- UKPRN
- 10044153
- Establishment No.
- 2151
- Trust
- EAST MIDLANDS ACADEMY TRUST
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