Kingsthorpe Village Primary School, Northampton

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Kingsthorpe Village Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "On the whole, pupils achieve well at this school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils enjoy attending this happy, vibrant school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have established an ambitious and well-organised curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years is a calm place where children flourish."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "This is an inclusive school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know their school well and, in the main, have a clear understanding of what needs to improve."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an age-appropriate personal development programme alongside wider opportunities for pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that they have an astute understanding of how well the curriculum is taught so that it is of a consistently high quality across all subjects and throughout all year groups. • Leaders should make sure that all teachers have the knowledge and expertise they need to strengthen pupils' achievement through providing sufficient opportunities for pupils to practise and deepen their knowledge and skills in writing and mathematics. • Leaders should implement highly effective support for families to further reduce persistent absenteeism".

In its own words: "Welcome to Kingsthorpe Village Primary School which has, at its heart, a strong and effective TEAM ethos (Together Everyone Achieves More). As a school, we deliver a broad and balanced topic based themed curriculum linked to our successful butterfly model (a creative planning system)."

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Kingsthorpe Village Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in West Northamptonshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 76% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 29 families put Kingsthorpe Village Primary School as their first choice and 80 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Kingsthorpe Village Primary School are The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 77% reading, 70% maths); Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 60% reading, 62% maths); Green Oaks Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 63% reading, 67% maths); and Kings Heath Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 77% reading, 83% maths).

Kingsthorpe Village Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

58 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Kingsthorpe Village Primary School (as of April 2026): 97% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

10.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 21 pupils (10.4%) received SEN support and 8 (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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Northampton Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

In August 2026, police recorded 316 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in West Northamptonshire (90), as is usual near a town centre.

Kingsthorpe Village Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Kingsthorpe Village Primary School are Malcolm Arnold Academy (0.8 miles), Kingsthorpe College (1.1 miles) and Northampton International Academy (1.2 miles).