Lings Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school West Northamptonshire·NN3 8NN
Composite score
37.8
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#11,615
National rank
#1055
In East Midlands
#105
In West Northamptonshire
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
51%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
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%
37 first choices, 37 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 37 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Lings Primary School 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
413
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
47.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,782
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Lings Primary School is a primary school serving West Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 413 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Lings Primary School 'Good'. 51% 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 14.0 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 Lings Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 37 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 21.4 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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