Earls Barton Primary School
Broad Street, Earls Barton, Northampton, NN6 0ND
This school is closed (it closed in June 2025).
It was replaced by Earls Barton Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Marie Lally Ben Morris
- Constituency
- Daventry
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 525
- Pupils on roll
- 459
- URN
- 121902
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
About this school
Earls Barton Primary School was a community primary school in Northampton. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 459 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Earls Barton Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 70 | 69 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 55% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 4% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 83% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 61% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 72% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Earls Barton Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Northamptonshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 468 |
| 2023/24 | 447 |
| 2024/25 | 459 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Earls Barton Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 4.9% | 13.3% | 459 | — |
| Earls Barton Primary School | — | — | — | 454 | 0.0 miles |
| Ecton Village Primary School | 50% | 5.5% | 30% | 74 | 1.7 miles |
| Great Doddington Primary | 56% | 4.5% | 9.9% | 126 | 1.9 miles |
| Mears Ashby Church of England Primary School | 54% | 5.9% | 14.3% | 72 | 2.3 miles |
| Ecton Brook Primary School | 70% | 5.4% | 26% | 567 | 2.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.29%
- English as an additional language
- 4.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.92%
- Persistent absence
- 11.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Earls Barton Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Northampton
-
Ecton Village Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Northampton
-
Great Doddington Primary1.9 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
-
Mears Ashby Church of England Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Northampton
-
Ecton Brook Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Northampton
Other schools in Northampton
- Abington Vale Primary School Primary
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Ashton CofE Primary School Primary
- Barry Primary School Primary
- Blackthorn Primary School Primary
- Blisworth Community Primary School Primary
- Boothville Primary School Primary
- Boughton Primary School Primary
- Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Bridgewater Primary School Primary
- Brington Primary School Primary
- Brixworth CofE VC Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Earls Barton Primary School teach?
- Earls Barton Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Northampton.
- Has Earls Barton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Earls Barton Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Earls Barton Primary School?
- Earls Barton Primary School had 459 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Earls Barton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Earls Barton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Earls Barton Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.