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Rockingham Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11Academy

Corby, NN17 1AJ · North Northamptonshire local authority

Corby’s School Grade C− better than 23% of towns in England

Its letter
42%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
42/42
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
367 pupils
131% of its 280 places
Free school meals
27%
27 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Rockingham Primary School

  • Its own letter, C+: Key Stage 2 results better than 42% of England’s primary schools
  • Over capacity: 367 pupils for 280 places
  • Ofsted report card, July 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (42 of 42)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NN17 1) sold for a median £200,000; Corby’s is £225,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 60%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 42% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · North Northamptonshire avg 60%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Rockingham Primary 60%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 102, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading65%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)71%
England’s schools 73%
Maths71%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling67%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 22 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
55%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
63%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three2%
England’s schools 8% · North Northamptonshire 6% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Rockingham Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

42
families put it first for September 2026
54
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The David Ross Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through North Northamptonshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Corby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.37 per place
73% got their first choice
1.20 per place
79% got their first choice
1.13 per place
76% got their first choice
1.10 per place
88% got their first choice
1.07 per place
88% got their first choice
1.03 per place
94% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
95% got their first choice
Rockingham Primary
0.78 per place
100% got their first choice

Corby and North Northamptonshire, side by side

2023–2025

All 97 graded primaries in North Northamptonshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Corby’s schools are coloured by their letter.

30%41%52%63%74%85%10%20%30%40%50%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Rockingham
ABCDElsewhere in North NorthamptonshireRockingham Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Grendon Church of England Primary SchoolA+4%87%
Gretton Primary AcademyA+7%87%
Ruskin AcademyA+45%86%
Broughton Primary SchoolA+9%85%
Kings Cliffe Endowed Primary SchoolA+13%84%
Stanion Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolA+5%83%
Greenfields Primary School and NurseryA23%81%
Weldon Church of England Primary SchoolA4%77%
Hall Meadow Primary SchoolA8%77%
Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolA6%77%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolA−5%74%
Bozeat Community Primary SchoolA−15%73%
Olympic PrimaryA−27%72%
Cranford CofE Primary SchoolB+9%70%
Stanwick Primary SchoolB+10%69%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, CorbyB+11%68%
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolB+27%68%
Corby Primary AcademyB+8%68%
Brambleside Primary SchoolB+10%68%
Corby Old Village Primary SchoolB29%67%
South End Junior SchoolB22%67%
Loddington CofE (VA) Primary SchoolB7%67%
Mears Ashby Church of England Primary SchoolB9%67%
Higham Ferrers Junior SchoolB24%67%
Isham Church of England Primary SchoolB10%66%
Little Harrowden Community Primary SchoolB17%66%
Whitefriars Primary SchoolB23%66%
All Saints CEVA Primary School and NurseryB15%65%
Rushden Primary AcademyB13%65%
Redwell Primary SchoolB10%65%
Mawsley Primary SchoolB−14%64%
Cottingham Church of England Primary SchoolB−10%64%
Oundle Church of England Primary SchoolB−15%64%
Warwick AcademyB−39%64%
Woodford Church of England Primary SchoolB−13%64%
Brigstock Latham's Church of England Primary SchoolB−17%63%
Kettering Buccleuch AcademyB−26%63%
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary SchoolB−26%63%
Irchester Community Primary SchoolB−15%63%
Compass Primary AcademyB−31%62%
Havelock Junior SchoolB−21%61%
Hazel Leys AcademyB−24%61%
Hawthorn Community Primary SchoolB−20%61%
Rockingham Primary SchoolC+27%60%
Loatlands Primary SchoolC+20%60%
Rushton Primary SchoolC+12%60%
Oakley Vale Primary SchoolC+7%60%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolC+25%60%
Little Stanion Primary SchoolC+14%59%
Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior AcademyC+28%59%
St Peter's Church of England AcademyC+19%59%
St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolC+14%59%
Hayfield Cross CofE SchoolC+4%59%
Wollaston Primary SchoolC+16%59%
Barton Seagrave Primary SchoolC+10%58%
Great Addington CofE Primary SchoolC+12%58%
Irthlingborough Junior SchoolC+24%58%
Ecton Village Primary SchoolC+22%58%
Kettering Park Junior AcademyC+29%58%
Priors Hall - A Learning CommunityC+9%58%
Glapthorn Church of England Primary SchoolC+6%58%
Earls Barton Primary SchoolC+12%58%
Oakway AcademyC27%56%
Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolC18%56%
Denfield Park Primary SchoolC16%55%
Danesholme Junior AcademyC36%55%
Nassington Primary SchoolC16%54%
Meadowside Primary SchoolC16%54%
Geddington Church of England Primary SchoolC10%54%
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary SchoolC5%54%
Studfall Junior AcademyC29%54%
Polebrook Church of England Primary SchoolC9%54%
Park Junior School, WellingboroughC21%54%
The Glenvale Church of England Primary SchoolC14%54%
Warmington SchoolC−11%53%
Henry Chichele Primary SchoolC−6%53%
Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior SchoolC−29%53%
Kingswood Primary AcademyC−46%52%
Wilbarston Church of England Primary SchoolC−19%52%
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolC−27%52%
Rothwell Junior SchoolC−32%52%
Millbrook Junior SchoolC−19%51%
Ringstead Church of England Primary SchoolC−20%51%
Woodnewton- A Learning CommunityC−28%49%
St. Marys CofE Primary SchoolC−23%48%
Croyland Primary SchoolD40%47%
Beanfield Primary SchoolD28%47%
Grange Primary AcademyD33%47%
Victoria Primary AcademyD24%47%
Sywell Church of England Primary SchoolD14%47%
Great Doddington PrimaryD8%46%
Alfred Lord Tennyson SchoolD29%46%
Thrapston Primary SchoolD16%46%
Windmill Primary SchoolD21%43%
St Brendan's Catholic Primary SchoolD16%43%
Exeter A Learning Community AcademyD−40%34%
Newton Road SchoolD−40%32%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

376 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
13.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
43.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

Rockingham Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C+Better than 42% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting July 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Rockingham Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NN17 1, the school’s postcode sector

Corby property prices →
£200,000
median sale, 294 sales in 36 months · Corby £225,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025NN17 1Corby
NN17 1Corby

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£285K
Semi-detached
£213K
Terraced
£185K
Flat
£135K
NN17 1Corby

Homes in NN17 1 sell for a little under Corby’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBB+C−B−DB−B−DCD−C+Rockingham Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Corby, NN17 1AJ

Rockingham Primary School: common questions

Is Rockingham Primary School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 42% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C+), with 60% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: a report card in July 2026.

How hard is it to get into Rockingham Primary School?

For September 2026, 42 families put Rockingham Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 54 places were offered in all.

What is Rockingham Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (July 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Rockingham Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NN17 1, sold for a median £200,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (294 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Corby’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.