Yelvertoft Primary School
General Information
- Address: School Lane, Yelvertoft, Northampton, NN6 6LH – View on map
- Phone: 01788822498
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Palmer
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 13 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 13 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 13
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.7%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the West Northamptonshire average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (West Northamptonshire 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- 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: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the West Northamptonshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 39% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 39%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 102
- Based on: 12 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 84th of 139 junior and primary schools in the area
- =84Stimpson Avenue Academy58%
- =84The Radstone Primary School58%
- =84Yelvertoft Primary School58%
- =89Badby School57%
- =89Boughton Primary School57%
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107th of 109 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for Ofsted rating
- #105Wootton Primary SchoolGood
- #106Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #107Yelvertoft Primary SchoolGood
- #108E-ACT The Grange SchoolRequires improvement
- #109Weedon Bec Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,751 (2024-25)
35th of 138 primary schools in West Northamptonshire for spending per pupil
- #33Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School£7,799
- #34Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,797
- #35Yelvertoft Primary School£7,751
- #36Thorplands Primary School£7,696
- #37Paulerspury Church of England Primary School£7,672
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