Priors Hall - A Learning Community
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Corby, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Priors Hall - A Learning Community is a primary school in Corby, North Northamptonshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Priors Hall - A Learning Community catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 56 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 53 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 9.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 18.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
- There are 27.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gretton Road, Priors Hall, Priors Hall Park, Corby, NN17 5EB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 478 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s high expectations are embodied in its motto ‘ready for learning, ready for life’.”
- “From the moment children join the school’s outstanding early years provision, staff teach them how to be good learners.”
- “Pupils build on these firm foundations and achieve well across the curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, some pupils do not remember what has been taught before well enough.”
- “This is because some teachers do not routinely revisit important prior learning.”
- “In some subjects, tasks are not always designed to help pupils master the most ambitious aims of the school’s curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 60% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 56 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 53 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Northamptonshire.
- Weldon Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corby Old Village Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Rockingham Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gretton Primary Academy 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Little Stanion Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stanion Church of England (Aided) Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Studfall Infant Academy 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published