Kings Sutton Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Richmond Street, King's Sutton, Banbury, OX17 3RT – View on map
- Phone: 01295811289
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Laura Wade
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 20 places – 10 for every 10 places. 90% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 20 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 19
- % eligible for free school meals: 24.1%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 51.2% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Autism 30 places · 8 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 26.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 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: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 44% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 44%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 57% · Writing 57% · Maths 57% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 50%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 14 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 89th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =89Boughton Primary School57%
- =89Deanshanger Primary School57%
- =89Kings Sutton Primary Academy57%
- =89The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School57%
- =89Upton Meadows Primary School57%
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53rd of 109 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #51Hunsbury Park Primary SchoolGood
- #52Kilsby Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #53Kings Sutton Primary AcademyGood
- #54Kingsley Primary SchoolGood
- #55Kingsthorpe Grove Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,056 (2024-25)
6th of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #4Farthinghoe Primary School£11,472
- #5Boddington Church of England Primary Academy£11,347
- #6Kings Sutton Primary Academy£11,056
- #7Collingtree Church of England Primary School£10,898
- #8Ashton CofE Primary School£10,820
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