Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: High Street, Woodford Halse, Daventry, NN11 3RQ – View on map
- Phone: 01327265900
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Alison Crockford
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 18 places – 9 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 48
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.4%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.4% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 32% moved to another school, 68% 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 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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 79% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 39 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 74th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =74Spring Lane Primary School62%
- =74Whitehills Primary School62%
- =74Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy62%
- =78Middleton Cheney Primary Academy61%
- =78Millway Primary School61%
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103rd of 109 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #101West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #102Whittlebury Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #103Woodford Halse Church of England Primary AcademyGood
- #104Woodvale Primary AcademyGood
- #105Wootton Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,344 (2024-25)
85th of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #83Duston Eldean Primary School£6,348
- #84Kingsthorpe Village Primary School£6,347
- #85Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy£6,344
- #86Delapre Primary School£6,327
- #87Wootton Primary School£6,321
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