Brington Primary School
General Information
- Address: Little Brington, Northampton, NN7 4HX – View on map
- Phone: 01604770286
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kirsten Carpenter
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 4
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.0%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.8% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across West Northamptonshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in West Northamptonshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 78% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 89% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 9 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 21st of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =19Blakesley Church of England Primary School79%
- =19Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School79%
- =21Brington Primary School78%
- =21Greatworth Primary School78%
- #23Duston Eldean Primary School77%
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23rd of 105 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #21Bracken Leas Primary SchoolGood
- #22Braunston Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #23Brington Primary SchoolGood
- #24Brixworth CofE VC Primary SchoolGood
- #25Buckton Fields Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £10,521 (2024-25)
9th of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #7Collingtree Church of England Primary School£10,898
- #8Ashton CofE Primary School£10,820
- #9Brington Primary School£10,521
- #10Flore Church of England Primary School£9,620
- #11Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy£9,488
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