Best Primary Schools in Northampton

We checked all 101 primary schools in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, and list every one: 95 ranked, then 6 without a rank.

Schools checked: 101
Ranked: 95
Without a rank: 6

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Northampton. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Northampton also has 19 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in West Northamptonshire. West Northamptonshire also has rankings for Daventry, Towcester and Brackley.

Ranked primary schools in Northampton

Rank 1
Preston Hedges Primary School
Academy, 418 pupils, inspected February 2025
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
Expected standard
81%
Higher standard
24%
Rank 2
The Arbours Primary Academy
Academy, 333 pupils, inspected July 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
83%
Higher standard
38%
Rank 3
Yardley Hastings Primary School
Local authority maintained, 104 pupils, inspected November 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
87%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 4
Weston Favell CofE Primary School
Academy, 446 pupils, inspected February 2025
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
Expected standard
80%
Higher standard
15%
Rank 5
Hartwell Primary School
Academy, 200 pupils, inspected October 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
96%
Higher standard
33%
Rank 6
East Haddon Church of England Primary School
Local authority maintained, 81 pupils, inspected June 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
20%
Rank 6
West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School
Local authority maintained, 239 pupils, inspected January 2012
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
86%
Higher standard
38%
Rank 8
Maidwell Primary School
Local authority maintained, 67 pupils, inspected January 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Expected standard
67%
Higher standard
50%
Rank 9
Simon de Senlis Primary School
Academy, 434 pupils, inspected March 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
67%
Higher standard
16%
Rank 10
Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery
Academy, 350 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
15%
Rank 11
Hackleton CofE Primary School
Local authority maintained, 183 pupils, inspected December 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
94%
Higher standard
16%
Rank 12
Blisworth Community Primary School
Local authority maintained, 173 pupils, inspected June 2017
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
80%
Higher standard
25%
Rank 13
Eastfield Academy
Academy, 221 pupils, inspected January 2020
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
82%
Higher standard
21%
Rank 14
Pitsford Primary School
Local authority maintained, 67 pupils, inspected April 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
71%
Higher standard
29%
Rank 15
Woodland View Primary School
Academy, 417 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
70%
Higher standard
12%
Rank 16
Duston Eldean Primary School
Local authority maintained, 418 pupils, inspected January 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Expected standard
77%
Higher standard
10%
Rank 17
The Bliss Charity School
Local authority maintained, 177 pupils, inspected November 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
82%
Higher standard
14%
Rank 18
Kislingbury Primary School
Academy, 111 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
74%
Higher standard
17%
Rank 19
Parklands Primary School
Academy, 418 pupils, inspected January 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
87%
Higher standard
15%
Rank 20
Ecton Brook Primary School
Academy, 567 pupils, inspected April 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Expected standard
70%
Higher standard
16%
Rank 20
Grendon Church of England Primary School
Local authority maintained, 114 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
80%
Higher standard
20%
Rank 22
Bridgewater Primary School
Local authority maintained, 650 pupils, inspected October 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
11%
Rank 23
Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School
Free school, 401 pupils, inspected July 2017
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
75%
Higher standard
18%
Rank 24
St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Academy, 391 pupils, inspected March 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
72%
Higher standard
18%
Rank 25
Kings Heath Primary Academy
Academy, 350 pupils, inspected January 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
71%
Higher standard
8%
Rank 26
Brixworth CofE VC Primary School
Local authority maintained, 484 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
76%
Higher standard
11%
Rank 27
St James Church of England Primary School
Academy, 445 pupils, inspected January 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Expected standard
69%
Higher standard
19%
Rank 28
Wootton Primary School
Academy, 306 pupils, inspected June 2025
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
Expected standard
68%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 29
Abington Vale Primary School
Academy, 409 pupils, inspected November 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
83%
Higher standard
5%
Rank 30
Harpole Primary School
Local authority maintained, 186 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
68%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 31
The Bramptons Primary School
Local authority maintained, 94 pupils, inspected October 2012
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
92%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 32
Cedar Road Primary School
Academy, 383 pupils, inspected May 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
10%
Rank 33
Long Buckby Junior School
Local authority maintained, 181 pupils, inspected January 2015
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
74%
Higher standard
5%
Rank 34
Spratton Church of England Primary School
Academy, 46 pupils, inspected January 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
60%
Higher standard
20%
Rank 35
Walgrave Primary School
Local authority maintained, 149 pupils, inspected October 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
74%
Higher standard
5%
Rank 36
Cogenhoe Primary School
Academy, 191 pupils, inspected July 2011
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
67%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 37
East Hunsbury Primary School
Academy, 453 pupils, inspected July 2013
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
63%
Higher standard
10%
Rank 38
Castle Academy
Academy, 455 pupils, inspected May 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Expected standard
69%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 39
Flore Church of England Primary School
Local authority maintained, 63 pupils, inspected March 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 40
Brington Primary School
Local authority maintained, 50 pupils, inspected September 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
78%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 40
Guilsborough Church of England Primary School
Academy, 95 pupils, inspected July 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
5%
Rank 42
The Abbey Primary School
Academy, 330 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
72%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 43
Overstone Primary School
Local authority maintained, 205 pupils, inspected February 2013
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
63%
Higher standard
10%
Rank 44
Standens Barn Primary School
Academy, 327 pupils, inspected November 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
66%
Higher standard
8%
Rank 45
Harlestone Primary School
Local authority maintained, 64 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
55%
Higher standard
9%
Rank 46
Roade Primary School
Local authority maintained, 315 pupils, inspected January 2015
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
70%
Higher standard
5%
Rank 47
Lumbertubs Primary School
Academy, 222 pupils, inspected January 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
70%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 48
Headlands Primary School
Academy, 450 pupils, inspected July 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
60%
Higher standard
9%
Rank 49
Moulton Primary School
Local authority maintained, 597 pupils, inspected July 2016
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
66%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 49
Queen Eleanor Primary Academy
Academy, 223 pupils, inspected December 2017
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
66%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 51
Boughton Primary School
Academy, 199 pupils, inspected October 2012
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
57%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 52
Gayton Church of England Primary School
Local authority maintained, 57 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
63%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 53
Whitehills Primary School
Local authority maintained, 415 pupils, inspected February 2025
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
Expected standard
62%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 54
Blackthorn Primary School
Academy, 236 pupils, inspected September 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
68%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 55
Ecton Village Primary School
Academy, 74 pupils, inspected June 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
50%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 56
Yelvertoft Primary School
Local authority maintained, 95 pupils, inspected May 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
58%
Higher standard
8%
Rank 57
Hopping Hill Primary School
Local authority maintained, 423 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
58%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 58
Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary School
Academy, 87 pupils, inspected November 2013
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
50%
Higher standard
14%
Rank 58
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
Academy, 282 pupils, inspected March 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
57%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 60
Spring Lane Primary School
Academy, 434 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
62%
Higher standard
2%
Rank 61
Hardingstone Academy
Academy, 230 pupils, inspected September 2016
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
56%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 62
Thorplands Primary School
Academy, 226 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
68%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 63
Green Oaks Primary Academy
Academy, 220 pupils, inspected October 2018
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
53%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 64
Boothville Primary School
Local authority maintained, 601 pupils, inspected February 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
54%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 64
Upton Meadows Primary School
Academy, 387 pupils, inspected October 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
57%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 66
Barry Primary School
Local authority maintained, 441 pupils, inspected May 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
58%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 67
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Academy, 214 pupils, inspected September 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
63%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 68
Sywell Church of England Primary School
Academy, 101 pupils, inspected December 2012
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
40%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 69
Vernon Terrace Primary School
Local authority maintained, 233 pupils, inspected December 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
59%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 70
Collingtree Church of England Primary School
Academy, 65 pupils, inspected March 2020
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
62%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 71
Delapre Primary School
Local authority maintained, 539 pupils, inspected June 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
49%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 72
St Andrew's Ceva Primary School
Local authority maintained, 281 pupils, inspected November 2019
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
60%
Higher standard
2%
Rank 72
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Academy, 160 pupils, inspected July 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
52%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 74
Lings Primary School
Academy, 401 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
51%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 75
Earl Spencer Primary School
Local authority maintained, 352 pupils, inspected February 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
56%
Higher standard
4%
Rank 76
Bugbrooke Community Primary School
Local authority maintained, 192 pupils, inspected January 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
56%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 77
All Saints CofE VA Primary School
Local authority maintained, 402 pupils, inspected March 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
53%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 78
Millway Primary School
Local authority maintained, 343 pupils, inspected February 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
61%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 79
Stimpson Avenue Academy
Academy, 440 pupils, inspected July 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
58%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 80
Lyncrest Primary School
Local authority maintained, 228 pupils, inspected July 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
45%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 81
Kingsthorpe Village Primary School
Local authority maintained, 202 pupils, inspected January 2026
Report card: Expected standard
Expected standard
53%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 82
Sunnyside Primary Academy
Academy, 364 pupils, inspected June 2025
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
Expected standard
53%
Higher standard
2%
Rank 83
Woodvale Primary Academy
Academy, 449 pupils, inspected December 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
51%
Higher standard
2%
Rank 84
Rectory Farm Primary School
Academy, 179 pupils, inspected September 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
45%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 85
Chiltern Primary School
Local authority maintained, 133 pupils, inspected February 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
49%
Higher standard
2%
Rank 86
Kingsley Primary School
Academy, 401 pupils, inspected June 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
51%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 86
Little Houghton Church of England Primary
Local authority maintained, 88 pupils, inspected January 2015
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
56%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 88
Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School
Academy, 98 pupils, inspected March 2026
Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
Expected standard
63%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 89
Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School
Local authority maintained, 471 pupils, inspected June 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
42%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 90
Crick Primary School
Local authority maintained, 194 pupils, inspected March 2026
Report card: Expected standard
Expected standard
39%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 91
Mears Ashby Church of England Primary School
Academy, 72 pupils, inspected February 2026
Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
Expected standard
54%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 92
Denton Primary School
Local authority maintained, 84 pupils, inspected February 2026
Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
Expected standard
54%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 93
Ashton CofE Primary School
Local authority maintained, 35 pupils, inspected October 2019
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
43%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 94
Milton Parochial Primary School
Academy, 38 pupils, inspected June 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
29%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 95
Weedon Bec Primary School
Academy, 182 pupils, inspected June 2023
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Expected standard
30%
Higher standard
3%

Primary schools in Northampton without a rank

Buckton Fields Primary School
Free school, 289 pupils, inspected June 2024
Ofsted: Good
Earls Barton Primary School
Academy, 454 pupils, inspected March 2018
Ofsted: Good
Hunsbury Park Primary School
Academy, 354 pupils, inspected September 2022
Ofsted: Good
Long Buckby Infant School
Local authority maintained, 119 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Naseby Church of England Primary Academy
Academy, 31 pupils, inspected March 2020
Ofsted: Good
Overstone Gate Primary School
Free school, 30 pupils
No Ofsted inspection