Yardley Hastings Primary School
General Information
- Address: Castle Ashby Road, Yardley Hastings, Northampton, NN7 1EL – View on map
- Phone: 01604696268
- Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Tuttle
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 10 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 10 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 11 · 2025 15 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 3
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.0%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.2% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 71% moved to another school, 29% 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: 3.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 87% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 24 percentage points above the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 88% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 88%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 100% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 100%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 107
- 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 6th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =6Parklands Primary School87%
- =6Pineham Barns Primary School87%
- =6Yardley Hastings Primary School87%
- #9West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School86%
- =10Abington Vale Primary School83%
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8th of 109 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #6Welton Church of England AcademyOutstanding
- #7Woodland View Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #8Yardley Hastings Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #9Abington Vale Primary SchoolGood
- #10All Saints CofE VA Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,490 (2024-25)
73rd of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #71Bugbrooke Community Primary School£6,579
- #72Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary School£6,515
- #73Yardley Hastings Primary School£6,490
- #74Lyncrest Primary School£6,481
- #75St Andrew's Ceva Primary School£6,468
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