Academy converter · Primary
Towcester · NN12 8PP · West Northamptonshire
Ages 2–11
- KS269%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM0.0%
- Demand1.00
2.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 121827
Helmdon Primary School
Community school · Brackley · NN13 5QT
Ages 4–11 · 126 pupils · West Northamptonshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
100%
Overall absence
6.1%
Admissions demand
0.89 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-03-19
- 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)100%
Higher standard (RWM)17%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 113.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 114.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 114.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)12.6%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 4.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 95
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
0.89 · Often has places
1st preferences
16
Places offered
18
1st-preference offers
16
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 45
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 18
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- 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 fill100%
126 pupils · 126 places
- Pupils on roll
- 126
- Boys / girls
- 62 / 64
- School capacity
- 126
- Capacity fill
- 126 / 126 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 9.5%
- FSM pupils
- 12
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Zdyrko
Location
- Address
- 21 Station Road, Helmdon
- Postcode
- NN13 5QT
- Town
- Brackley
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from 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 community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Brackley, West Northamptonshire, 126 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 9.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Greatworth Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Banbury · OX17 2DR · West Northamptonshire
Ages 4–11
- KS2100%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM8.1%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
The Radstone Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Primary
Brackley · NN13 6GA · West Northamptonshire
Ages 4–11
- KS259%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM9.4%
- Demand1.13
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Zdyrko
- Telephone
- 01295768126