Woodnewton- A Learning Community

Academy converter·Primary school Corby, North Northamptonshire·NN17 2NU
Composite score
38.1
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#11,532
National rank
#1046
In East Midlands
#71
In North Northamptonshire
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
74 first choices, 77 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
126
any preference, for 77 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9920231.0020240.9120250.962026

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

Every child who put Woodnewton- A Learning Community first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
802
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
24.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,307
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Woodnewton- A Learning Community at a glance

Located in Corby, North Northamptonshire, Woodnewton- A Learning Community is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 802 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Woodnewton- A Learning Community their first choice was offered one of its 77 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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