Castle Ashby Road, Yardley Hastings, Northampton NN7 1EL
10 reasons to choose Yardley Hastings Primary School
Top line
Yardley Hastings Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Northampton and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Yardley Hastings Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school is federated with Denton Primary School in The Ashby Federation. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. It is one of the 20 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Northamptonshire LEA.
Average class size
Yardley Hastings Primary School has four mixed-age classes and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Yardley Hastings Primary School ranks in the top 33% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores have been variable around the national average, possibly reflecting different cohorts’ ability profiles.
The Yardley Hastings Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but some foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip for Years 5 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Yardley Hastings Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Yardley Hastings Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 5.30 pm.
Find another school near Yardley Hastings Primary School
Northampton High Junior School (8.1 miles); Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep (8.7 miles).
Hackleton Church of England Primary School (5.5 miles); Portfields Primary School (10.6 miles).
Wellingborough School (7.8 miles); Northampton High School (8.1 miles).
Northampton School for Boys (7.5 miles); Caroline Chisholm School (8.3 miles); Northampton School for Girls (9.7 miles).