Thrapston Primary School
Market Road, Thrapston, Kettering, NN14 4JU
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Thrapston Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Pauline Turner
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Corby
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 580
- Pupils on roll
- 480
- URN
- 122111
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
About this school
Thrapston Primary School was a foundation primary school in Kettering. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 480 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Thrapston Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 64 | 64 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.20 | - |
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 Thrapston 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 | 42% | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Thrapston Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 53% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 12.9% | 480 | — |
| Thrapston Primary School | 48% | 4.8% | 15.5% | 468 | 0.0 miles |
| Titchmarsh Church of England Primary School | 60% | 3.5% | 4% | 101 | 1.7 miles |
| Woodford Church of England Primary School | 62% | 4.2% | 14.1% | 118 | 2.1 miles |
| Ringstead Church of England Primary School | 67% | 5.4% | 19.4% | 146 | 2.2 miles |
| Trinity Church of England Primary School | 84% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 160 | 2.2 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.9%
- English as an additional language
- 6.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.9%
- Persistent absence
- 15.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thrapston Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Woodford Church of England Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Ringstead Church of England Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Trinity Church of England Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Kettering
Other schools in Kettering
- Barton Seagrave Primary School Primary
- Brambleside Primary School Primary
- Brigstock Latham's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broughton Primary School Primary
- Compass Primary Academy Primary
- Cranford CofE Primary School Primary
- Geddington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grange Primary Academy Primary
- Great Addington CofE Primary School Primary
- Greenfields Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Hall Meadow Primary School Primary
- Havelock Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Thrapston Primary School teach?
- Thrapston Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Kettering.
- Has Thrapston Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Thrapston 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 big is Thrapston Primary School?
- Thrapston Primary School had 480 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Thrapston Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 48% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Thrapston Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thrapston 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 30 September 2023.