St Luke's Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school West Northamptonshire·NN5 4UL
Composite score
67.8
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#2,093
National rank
#140
In East Midlands
#21
In West Northamptonshire
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
18%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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%
45 first choices, 49 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
90
any preference, for 49 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9020230.9620240.8620250.922026

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

Every child who put St Luke's Church of England 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
394
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,970
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Luke's Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving West Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 394 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 72% 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. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% 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 St Luke's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 49 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 22.6 pupils per teacher. St Luke's Church of England 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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