Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: High Street, Pytchley, Kettering, NN14 1EN – View on map
- Phone: 01536790506
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Tessa Litchfield
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 9 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 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 15
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.9%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the North Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 29.9% a year (North Northamptonshire 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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 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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 31% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 28 percentage points below the North Northamptonshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 56% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 46% · Writing 69% · Maths 31% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 46%
- Average test scores: reading 98, maths 99
- Based on: 13 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: 91st of 91 junior and primary schools in the area
- #89St Brendan's Catholic Primary School37%
- #90Exeter A Learning Community Academy35%
- #91Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary School31%
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40th of 65 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #38Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #39Polebrook Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #40Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #41Ringstead Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #42Rockingham Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,024 (2024-25)
8th of 83 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #6Warmington School£9,270
- #7Polebrook Church of England Primary School£8,878
- #8Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary School£8,024
- #9Mears Ashby Church of England Primary School£7,903
- #10Mawsley Primary School£7,880
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