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Primary school in Towcester, West Northamptonshire

Paulerspury Church of England Primary School

High Street, Paulerspury, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 7NA

Church of England
School website 01327811674
Ofsted No grade April 2025
Met the expected standard 31%  
Chance of a place 100% of first choices offered
Local deprivation 8/10 less deprived

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 29 April 2025.

This inspection did not give an overall grade. Read the report for Ofsted's findings; it cannot be compared as a single score with a historic grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Report card — no overall grade
Last overall grade in this dataset
Not stored — this dataset keeps the latest inspection, which has no overall grade
Days since inspection
521 days
Framework era
Current framework (no overall grade)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

31% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

0% England 8.1%

Average reading score

101 England 105.3

Average maths score

99 England 104.1

This year group had 9 pupils, so a single child moves the percentages above by about 11.1 points. Figures from a cohort this small swing widely from year to year and should be read as a rough indication, not a measurement. We do not report a national ranking for them.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Getting a place 2026/27 entry

Undersubscribed. Of the 4 families who named this school as their first choice, 100% were offered a place.

Places offered
7

for entry into Reception

Named it first choice
4
First choices per place
0.57

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place
100%

England 95.1%

First preferences per place are down 43% on three years ago.

These are offers made on national offer day for 2026/27 entry, from the local authority's co-ordinated admissions round. They exclude later movement — waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions — so a school shown as oversubscribed may still have places by September.

Oversubscription measures popularity, not quality, and the two are not the same thing: a school can be heavily oversubscribed because of its intake, its faith designation or simply because the nearest alternative is further away. We do not publish catchment maps, because catchments are not published: each admissions authority applies its own criteria afresh every year, and the distance that got a child in last year is not a boundary. Read the school's own admissions arrangements for the rules that will actually apply.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
59
Places
140
How full
42% full — 59 of 140 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
29 / 30
Overall absence
6%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
17%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
18%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
15%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
1

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
0
Busiest road nearby
U

568 vehicles a day (2025)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
4

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Not published

No station within 5km

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

8/10 Deprivation decile

Among the less deprived half of England.

7/10 Child poverty decile

Among the less deprived half of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£382,500

postcode sector NN12 7 · 204 sales

Typical range
£310,625 to £562,500

middle half of sales

Detached
£560,000
Semi-detached
£320,000
Terraced
£295,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
40%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
13%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
18%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
12%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
51%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
76%

England 62.7%

Social housing
10%

England 17%

Privately rented
14%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
37%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
30%

England 22.5%

No car
6%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for West Northamptonshire 047A and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Georgina Sensecall
Opened as this establishment
1 September 2022
Register status
Open
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Ward
Deanshanger & Paulerspury
Constituency
South Northamptonshire
URN
149281

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

1.10 2023/24: 1.00 first choices per place2024/25: 1.00 first choices per place2025/26: 1.00 first choices per place2026/27: 0.57 first choices per place202320252026
All 4 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2023/24 4 4 1.00 100%
2024/25 9 9 1.00 100%
2025/26 4 4 1.00 100%
2026/27 7 4 0.57 100%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Marie Weller Primary SchoolFree schools Good 2023 — 1.7 mi
Whittlebury Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2022 54% 2 mi
Towcester Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 46% 2.2 mi
Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary SchoolAcademy converter Report card 2026 75% 2.5 mi
Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2023 50% 2.8 mi
John Hellins Primary SchoolCommunity school No overall grade 100% 2.9 mi
Silverstone Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 50% 3 mi
Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2023 50% 3 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 31%
Median of its 11 closest peers 50%
West Northamptonshire average 59.6%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Nassington Primary SchoolCommunity school Peterborough Good 2023 46%
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad OakVoluntary aided school Bishop's Stortford Report card 2026 50%
Appleton Wiske Community Primary SchoolCommunity school Northallerton Good 2022 69%
Coxley Primary SchoolCommunity school Wells Report card 2026 38%
Bardwell Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Bury St Edmunds Good 2022 40%
Redmile Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Nottingham No overall grade 71%
Church Eaton Primary SchoolAcademy converter Stafford Requires improvement 2024 54%
Snarestone Church of England SchoolAcademy converter Swadlincote Requires improvement 2020 43%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BrindleVoluntary aided school Preston No overall grade 58%
West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Petersfield No overall grade 30%
Hindlip CofE First SchoolVoluntary controlled school Worcester Outstanding 2024 —
Osgodby Primary SchoolCommunity school Market Rasen No overall grade 80%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 149281; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 29 April 2025
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
AdmissionsDfE school applications and offers2026/27 plus history to 2014/15Exact URN and entry point; national offer day
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

These sources are published for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0, including the Crown database-right notice that accompanies Price Paid Data. Definitions and source notes. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.

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