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Bridgewater Primary School

Primary

West Northamptonshire · Northampton · NN3 3AF www.bridgewaterprimary.net/

Pupils
658
cap. 630
Ages
3 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
73%
RWM expected · 2024/25
11%
RWM higher · 2024/25
658
Pupils · 2024/25
14%
EAL · 2024/25
5%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
73%
RWM expected · 2024/25
11%
RWM higher · 2024/25
658
Pupils · 2024/25
14%
EAL · 2024/25
5%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 08/10/2024

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityWest Northamptonshire
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio23.6:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterDoes not apply
StatusOpen

Overview of Bridgewater Primary School · Primary · West Northamptonshire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard
73%
+9pp
77%68%59%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 73%
RWM higher standard
11%
+3pp
11%9%6%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
85%
Reading higher standard
47%
Writing expected standard
80%
Writing higher standard
13%
Maths expected standard
80%
Maths higher standard
36%
Science expected standard
80%
SPAG expected standard
82%
SPAG higher standard
40%
Reading scaled score
107.0
Maths scaled score
106.0
GPS scaled score
107.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
658
Pupil : teacher ratio
23.6
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
14%
FSM eligible
7%
SEN
15%
Overall absence
4%
Persistent absence
5%

Contact

Address
Bridgewater Drive, Northampton, NN3 3AF
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2573%11%85%47%80%13%80%36%80%82%107.0106.0107.015%658
2023/2464%8%83%30%76%12%75%27%81%84%107.0105.0106.012%663
2022/2359%11%82%31%76%14%72%21%72%86%106.0105.0106.0+0.00-0.40-0.5010%666
2018/1971%6%80%32%81%12%83%31%89%78%106.0106.0106.0-0.10-1.90-1.006%661
2017/1877%10%83%28%87%25%83%33%92%83%106.0106.0106.0-0.50-0.10-0.104%627
2016/1770%8%83%37%92%27%80%22%98%87%107.0105.0108.0+0.10+0.10-1.604%570

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2565825.815%14%7%4%5%
2023/2466324.312%14%6%4%7%
2022/2366627.210%14%8%4%7%
2021/2265224.58%14%9%5%12%
2020/2166324.77%14%6%
2018/1966123.06%16%7%3%3%
2017/1862727.94%16%7%3%2%
2016/1757025.04%15%9%3%3%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.