Earls Barton Primary School, Northampton

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, gymnastics, basketball and choir.

Earls Barton Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 121902), 81% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put Earls Barton Primary School as their first choice and 76 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Earls Barton Primary School are Ecton Village Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 50% reading, 75% maths); Great Doddington Primary (1.9 miles, Requires improvement, 67% reading, 72% maths); Mears Ashby Church of England Primary School (2.3 miles, Good, 85% reading, 62% maths); and Ecton Brook Primary School (2.3 miles, Good, 77% reading, 85% maths).

Earls Barton Primary School is one of 5 schools run by Hatton Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

12.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 65 pupils (14.3%) received SEN support and 11 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Wellingborough Rail Station, about 4.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Library (outside), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Earls Barton Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 41 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in North Northamptonshire (141).