Pattishall Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: School Road, Pattishall, Towcester, NN12 8NE – View on map
- Phone: 01327830301
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma McLean
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 29 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% 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 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.5%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.9% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 24% moved to another school, 76% 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: 3.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 4.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 38% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 25 percentage points below the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 45% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 45%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 38% · Writing 63% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 25%
- Average test scores: reading 98, maths 98
- Based on: 16 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: 129th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- #127Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School42%
- #128Crick Primary School39%
- #129Pattishall Church of England Primary School38%
- =130Chipping Warden Primary Academy33%
- =130Culworth Church of England Primary Academy33%
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72nd of 109 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #70Overstone Primary SchoolGood
- #71Parklands Primary SchoolGood
- #72Pattishall Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #73Pitsford Primary SchoolGood
- #74Queen Eleanor Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,887 (2024-25)
62nd of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #60Simon de Senlis Primary School£6,927
- #61Chipping Warden Primary Academy£6,890
- #62Pattishall Church of England Primary School£6,887
- #63Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery£6,882
- #64Towcester Church of England Primary School£6,867
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