Academy converter · Primary
Towcester · NN12 8PP · West Northamptonshire
Ages 2–11
- KS269%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM0.0%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 145091
Blakesley Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Towcester · NN12 8RD
Ages 3–11 · 104 pupils · West Northamptonshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
63%
Overall absence
2.9%
Admissions demand
0.91 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-06-11
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)63%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence2.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)4.3%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 1.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 92
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.91 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
10
Places offered
11
1st-preference offers
10
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 21
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 11
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill87%
104 pupils · 120 places
- Pupils on roll
- 104
- Boys / girls
- 54 / 50
- School capacity
- 120
- Capacity fill
- 104 / 120 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 3.8%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Peterborough
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: PETERBOROUGH DIOCESE EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- PETERBOROUGH DIOCESE EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Peterborough
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Rose
Location
- Address
- Blakesley CE Primary School, The Green, Blakesley
- Postcode
- NN12 8RD
- Town
- Towcester
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Towcester, West Northamptonshire, 104 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 3.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Peterborough.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Greens Norton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Towcester · NN12 8DD · West Northamptonshire
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM12.4%
- Demand0.94
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Rose
- Telephone
- 01327860257