Priors Hall - A Learning Community
Gretton Road, Priors Hall, Corby, NN17 5EB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- INSPIRING FUTURES THROUGH LEARNING
- Acting Head of School
- Mrs Tess McQuade
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Inspiring Futures Through Learning
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 478
- URN
- 146712
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01536216090
About this school
Priors Hall - A Learning Community is a primary academy in Corby. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 478 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 58 | 57 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 60% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 74% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 70% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 74% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Priors Hall - A Learning Community 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 | 55% | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 444 |
| 2023/24 | 470 |
| 2024/25 | 484 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Priors Hall - A Learning Community compares
Priors Hall - A Learning Community ranked 46th of 91 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 3.7% | 9.5% | 478 | — |
| Weldon Church of England Primary School | 83% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 208 | 0.8 miles |
| Corby Old Village Primary School | 63% | 5.5% | 30.8% | 207 | 2.0 miles |
| Rockingham Primary School | 60% | 5.3% | 31.1% | 367 | 2.1 miles |
| Gretton Primary Academy | 83% | 3.9% | 5.6% | 145 | 2.3 miles |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School | 72% | 5.6% | 23.7% | 366 | 2.5 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)
- 9.48%
- English as an additional language
- 33.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.74%
- Persistent absence
- 5.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Weldon Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Corby
-
Corby Old Village Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Corby
-
Rockingham Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Corby
-
Gretton Primary Academy2.3 miles
Primary · Corby
-
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Corby
Other schools in Corby
Priors Hall - A Learning Community ranks 9th of the 18 ranked primary schools in Corby.
- Beanfield Primary School Primary
- Corby Old Village Primary School Primary
- Corby Primary Academy Primary
- Danesholme Infant Academy Primary
- Danesholme Junior Academy Primary
- Exeter A Learning Community Academy Primary
- Gretton Primary Academy Primary
- Hazel Leys Academy Primary
- Kingswood Primary Academy Primary
- Little Stanion Primary School Primary
- Oakley Vale Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Priors Hall - A Learning Community teach?
- Priors Hall - A Learning Community teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Corby.
- Who is the acting head of school of Priors Hall - A Learning Community?
- The acting head of school of Priors Hall - A Learning Community is Mrs Tess McQuade, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Priors Hall - A Learning Community last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Priors Hall - A Learning Community, 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 Priors Hall - A Learning Community?
- Priors Hall - A Learning Community has 478 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Priors Hall - A Learning Community full?
- Priors Hall - A Learning Community has capacity for 420 pupils and 478 on roll (114%), so it is at or above 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 Priors Hall - A Learning Community a faith school?
- No. Priors Hall - A Learning Community has no designated religious character.
- Does Priors Hall - A Learning Community have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Priors Hall - A Learning Community as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Priors Hall - A Learning Community?
- Priors Hall - A Learning Community is part of INSPIRING FUTURES THROUGH LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Priors Hall - A Learning Community's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Priors Hall - A Learning Community rank locally?
- Priors Hall - A Learning Community ranked 46th of 91 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Priors Hall - A Learning Community's absence rate?
- Priors Hall - A Learning Community's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Priors Hall - A Learning Community's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Priors Hall - A Learning Community'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 10 July 2026.