Irthlingborough Junior School

State-Funded School

irthlingborough-junior-school-north-northamptonshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

North NorthamptonshireLocal Authority

Wellingborough and RushdenConstituency

NN9 5TXPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Irthlingborough Junior School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 7–11, located in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 357 pupils. Irthlingborough Junior School is part of LEARNING FOR LIFE EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

357

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

24%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 7 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 357
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: LEARNING FOR LIFE EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 Feb 2020	Good	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.