Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Market Harborough, West Northamptonshire·LE16 9RU
Composite score
62.4
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#3,321
National rank
#227
In East Midlands
#26
In West Northamptonshire
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
83%
18 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
27
any preference, for 15 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9320230.9120241.1320251.202026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

West Northamptonshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
95
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,797
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School at a glance

Located in Market Harborough, West Northamptonshire, Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 95 pupils aged 4 to 11. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 18 first choices for 15 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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