Redwell Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire·NN8 5LQ
Composite score
39.4
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#11,110
National rank
#997
In East Midlands
#65
In North Northamptonshire
Top 75%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
93 first choices, 90 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
220
any preference, for 90 places
Last place offered lived
1.59 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2564 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2220221.0820231.0420240.9420251.032026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
628
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
23.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£4,377
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Redwell Primary School at a glance

Located in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, Redwell Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 628 pupils aged 4 to 11. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Redwell Primary School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 93 first choices for 90 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.59 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 26.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Redwell 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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