Park Junior School, Wellingborough, Wellingborough

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am immensely proud to be the Headteacher of Park Junior School, a true community school in every meaning of the word. Park Junior School is a two form entry school for children from Year 3-6. We have 240 amazing pupils in the school, with a waiting list for every year group."

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Park Junior School, Wellingborough reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 73% in North Northamptonshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 81% in reading and 75% in maths in 2024.

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

Across North Northamptonshire, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in North Northamptonshire lodged 62 appeals against primary school offers; 46 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (4.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Park Junior School, Wellingborough are The Avenue Infant School (0.1 miles, Good); All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 75% maths); Victoria Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 61% reading, 59% maths); and St Barnabas Church of England School (0.5 miles, Good).

Park Junior School, Wellingborough's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Park Junior School, Wellingborough is one of 13 schools run by Northampton Primary Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

45 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Park Junior School, Wellingborough (as of September 2025): 100% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 95% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (100%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (93%).

40.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (35%), Asian (29%) and Black (9%).

Park Junior School, Wellingborough has a SEN unit for social, emotional and mental health needs: 10 places.

The nearest railway station is Wellingborough Rail Station, about 990 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cambridge Street (before), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Park Junior School, Wellingborough stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 381 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Northamptonshire (141), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Park Junior School, Wellingborough issued 1 suspension, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Park Junior School, Wellingborough are Sir Christopher Hatton Academy (0.3 miles), Wrenn School (0.6 miles) and Weavers Academy (0.9 miles).