Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School, Northampton

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders consistently promote the importance of regular attendance."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff work closely with parents and carers to ensure that children get off to a positive start in the early years."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have an astute understanding of the community the school serves."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders focus on pupils' wider development and wellbeing is central to their work."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities often do not progress through the curriculum as well as they should."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Staff often do not make suitable adaptions for some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities to enable them to learn the curriculum well."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "While leaders have an inclusive vision that celebrates the uniqueness of every pupil, too often pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) do not receive precisely the right support to thrive."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should embed the improvements made in ensuring that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive the specific support they need. They should ensure that staff understand fully the support set out in pupils' support plans and check the impact of support systematically, reviewing as necessary"; "Leaders should ensure that staff make consistently suitable adaptations to overcome pupils' barriers to learning, taking account of pupils' attainment"; "Leaders should continue their work to improve pupils' achievement in writing, ensuring that staff address gaps in spelling, punctuation and handwriting consistently".

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School reached the expected standard in reading and 75% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in West Northamptonshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 67% in reading and 56% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 9 families put Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School as their first choice and 15 named it as one of their preferences, for 9 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School are Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School (2.3 miles, Good, 71% reading, 86% maths); St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth (2.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 82% maths); South Kilworth Church of England Primary School (2.6 miles, Good, 90% reading, 90% maths); and Naseby Church of England Primary Academy (3.3 miles, Good, 78% reading, 67% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School.

Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School is one of 36 schools run by Peterborough Diocese Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

53 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School (as of April 2026): 94% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 64% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (64%).

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 (94%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 15 pupils (15.3%) received SEN support and 8 (8.2%) 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.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (adjacent), 40 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 0 crimes within a mile of the school. That is well below the typical figure around schools in West Northamptonshire (90).

Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.