Windmill Primary School
Windmill Lane, Raunds, Wellingborough, NN9 6LA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- NENE EDUCATION TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Rhys Penny
- Sponsor
- Nene Education Trust
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 343
- URN
- 139552
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01933623121
About this school
Windmill Primary School is a primary academy in Wellingborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 343 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 60 | 49 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 45% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 62% | 49% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 60% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 55% | 39% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - | - |
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 Windmill 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 | 46% | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 383 |
| 2023/24 | 384 |
| 2024/25 | 370 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Windmill Primary School compares
Windmill Primary School ranked 88th of 91 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39% | 6.5% | 22.4% | 343 | — |
| Raunds Park Infant School | — | 5.7% | 17.6% | 149 | 0.5 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Academy | 46% | 4.6% | 26% | 215 | 0.5 miles |
| Stanwick Primary School | 63% | 4.2% | 10.7% | 209 | 1.3 miles |
| Ringstead Church of England Primary School | 67% | 5.4% | 19.4% | 146 | 1.4 miles |
| Great Addington CofE Primary School | 73% | 4.8% | 13.6% | 81 | 2.6 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)
- 22.43%
- English as an additional language
- 10.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.5%
- Persistent absence
- 17.01%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Raunds Park Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
-
St Peter's Church of England Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
-
Stanwick Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
-
Ringstead Church of England Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Great Addington CofE Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Kettering
Other schools in Wellingborough
Windmill Primary School ranks 21st of the 21 ranked primary schools in Wellingborough.
- All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Bozeat Community Primary School Primary
- Croyland Primary School Primary
- Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School Primary
- Finedon Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy Primary
- Great Doddington Primary Primary
- Irchester Community Primary School Primary
- Irthlingborough Junior School Primary
- Irthlingborough Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Little Harrowden Community Primary School Primary
- Oakway Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Windmill Primary School teach?
- Windmill Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Wellingborough.
- Who is the principal of Windmill Primary School?
- The principal of Windmill Primary School is Mr Rhys Penny, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Windmill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Windmill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Windmill Primary School?
- Windmill Primary School has 343 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Windmill Primary School full?
- Windmill Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 343 on roll (82%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Windmill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Windmill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Windmill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Windmill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Windmill Primary School?
- Windmill Primary School is part of NENE EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Windmill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Windmill Primary School rank locally?
- Windmill Primary School ranked 88th of 91 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Windmill Primary School's absence rate?
- Windmill Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Windmill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Windmill 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 1 July 2026.