Green Oaks Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Whiston Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 7RR – View on map
- Phone: 01604715249
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ali Williams
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 15 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 8 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 62
- % eligible for free school meals: 29.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 48% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.2% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% 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: 6.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2018 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points below the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 80% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
- Based on: 30 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 106th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =106All Saints CofE VA Primary School53%
- =106Brackley Church of England Junior School53%
- =106Green Oaks Primary Academy53%
- =106Kingsthorpe Village Primary School53%
- =106Sunnyside Primary Academy53%
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41st of 109 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #39Flore Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #40Gayton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #41Green Oaks Primary AcademyGood
- #42Greens Norton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #43Guilsborough Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,373 (2024-25)
44th of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #42Blakesley Church of England Primary School£7,402
- #43East Haddon Church of England Primary School£7,384
- #44Green Oaks Primary Academy£7,373
- #45Pitsford Primary School£7,362
- #46Rectory Farm Primary School£7,200
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