Hayfield Cross CofE School
General Information
- Address: Hayfield Crescent, Kettering, NN15 5FJ – View on map
- Phone: 01536606093
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Richard Albert
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 85 families put it first for 60 places – 14 for every 10 places. 71% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 13 · 2025 18 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 18
- % eligible for free school meals: 4.3%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the North Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.7% a year (North Northamptonshire 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 58% moved to another school, 42% 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 North Northamptonshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 10 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 10 (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 North 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: 4.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the North Northamptonshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 59% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 60 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 54th of 91 junior and primary schools in the area
- =52Barton Seagrave Primary School58%
- =52Wollaston Primary School58%
- =54Hayfield Cross CofE School57%
- =54Irthlingborough Junior School57%
- =54Little Harrowden Community Primary School57%
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23rd of 65 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #21Hall Meadow Primary SchoolGood
- #22Hawthorn Community Primary SchoolGood
- #23Hayfield Cross CofE SchoolGood
- #24Hazel Leys AcademyGood
- #25Irchester Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,502 (2024-25)
68th of 83 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #66Barton Seagrave Primary School£5,511
- #67Corby Primary Academy£5,502
- #68Hayfield Cross CofE School£5,502
- #69Windmill Primary School£5,449
- #70Brambleside Primary School£5,442
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