St Barnabas Church of England School

Academy sponsor led·Infant school Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire·NN8 3HB

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St Barnabas Church of England School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

46 first choices, 46 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

102

any preference, for 46 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.20

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8320220.9820230.9320240.8020251.002026

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

Every child who put St Barnabas Church of England 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: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 177
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

19.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

24.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

9.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

18.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,475

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy Wellingborough · 0.1 mi 51.7 Croyland Primary School Wellingborough · 0.2 mi 49.8 Park Junior School, Wellingborough Wellingborough · 0.5 mi 32.8 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Wellingborough · 0.5 mi 30.6 All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery Wellingborough · 0.7 mi 51.4 Ruskin Academy Wellingborough · 0.8 mi 77.2 Olympic Primary Wellingborough · 0.9 mi 86.8 Victoria Primary Academy Wellingborough · 0.9 mi 46.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About St Barnabas Church of England School

St Barnabas Church of England School is a primary school in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 177 pupils aged 5 to 7 attend the school.

St Barnabas Church of England School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 46 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. St Barnabas Church of England 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.