Guilsborough Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: The Green, Guilsborough, Northampton, NN6 8PT – View on map
- Phone: 01604740307
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Katie Shilliam
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 11 places – 9 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 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.4%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (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 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 67% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 91% · Maths 82% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 22 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 30th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =30East Haddon Church of England Primary School73%
- =30Flore Church of England Primary School73%
- =30Guilsborough Church of England Primary School73%
- =30Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School73%
- =38Caroline Chisholm School72%
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43rd of 109 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #41Green Oaks Primary AcademyGood
- #42Greens Norton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #43Guilsborough Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #44Hackleton CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #45Hardingstone AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,060 (2024-25)
53rd of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #51Lumbertubs Primary School£7,088
- #52Ecton Brook Primary School£7,065
- #53Guilsborough Church of England Primary School£7,060
- #54Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School£7,044
- #55St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls£7,021
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