Bugbrooke Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: High Street, Bugbrooke, Northampton, NN7 3PA – View on map
- Phone: 01604830610
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Birch
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 26 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 38
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.4% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 92% moved to another school, 8% 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.
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: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 51% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 56% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 48 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 95th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =89Upton Meadows Primary School57%
- =95Abbey CofE Academy56%
- =95Bugbrooke Community Primary School56%
- =95Earl Spencer Primary School56%
- =95Hardingstone Academy56%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,579 (2024-25)
71st of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #69Millway Primary School£6,655
- #70Marie Weller Primary School£6,635
- #71Bugbrooke Community Primary School£6,579
- #72Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary School£6,515
- #73Yardley Hastings Primary School£6,490
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