Ringstead Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Street, Ringstead, Kettering, NN14 4DH – View on map
- Phone: 01933622734
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Roberts
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 24 families put it first for 29 places – 8 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 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 29
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.9%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the North Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 25.5% a year (North Northamptonshire 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% 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: 5.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the North Northamptonshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 51% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 73% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 15 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 28th of 91 junior and primary schools in the area
- =28Brambleside Primary School67%
- =28Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy67%
- =28Ringstead Church of England Primary School67%
- =28Wilbarston Church of England Primary School67%
- #32Kettering Buccleuch Academy65%
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41st of 65 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #39Polebrook Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #40Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #41Ringstead Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #42Rockingham Primary SchoolGood
- #43Rushden Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,769 (2024-25)
30th of 83 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #28Kingswood Primary Academy£6,829
- #29Isham Church of England Primary School£6,825
- #30Ringstead Church of England Primary School£6,769
- #31Exeter A Learning Community Academy£6,739
- #32St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,645
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