Sunnyside Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in Northampton (West Northamptonshire).
KS2 RWM expected
53%
▼ 9pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
74%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
72%
▼ 2pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
61%
▼ 11pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
95.9%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
20.6
▼ 0.1 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
20.6%
▼ 4pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
93%
364 / 390 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In West Northamptonshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 4.1% | joint 12,817th highest of 16,262 (48 schools have the same figure) | joint 115th highest of 145 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 1.3% | joint 7,469th highest of 16,262 (83 schools have the same figure) | 63rd highest of 145 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 1.3% | joint 5,095th highest of 16,268 (39 schools have the same figure) | 41st highest of 145 |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 3.4 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 20.6% | joint 8,184th highest of 16,710 (40 schools have the same figure) | 35th highest of 148 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 14.6% | joint 12,546th highest of 16,706 (100 schools have the same figure) | joint 87th highest of 147 (4 schools have the same figure) |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 9.6% | joint 14,107th highest of 16,706 (82 schools have the same figure) | joint 103rd highest of 147 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 4.9% | joint 4,790th highest of 16,706 (227 schools have the same figure) | joint 43rd highest of 147 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 14.9 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 16 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 6.8 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 26.0 | joint 1,121st highest of 16,147 (45 schools have the same figure) | joint 14th highest of 144 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 17.8 | joint 165th highest of 16,163 (5 schools have the same figure) | 4th highest of 145 |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 21.3% | joint 4,087th highest of 16,165 (39 schools have the same figure) | 41st highest of 145 |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 27.3% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 0.7 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | 2024/25 | 53% | joint 10,746th highest of 14,270 (304 schools have the same figure) | joint 103rd highest of 135 (6 schools have the same figure) |
| Places | 2023/24 | 420 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 382 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 9% | - | - |
| Key stage 2 reading progress | 2022/23 | +0.5 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 writing progress | 2022/23 | -0.4 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 maths progress | 2022/23 | -1.0 | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 10/06/2025 (school year 2024/25): No overall grade (key judgements)
- 02/10/2018 (school year 2018/19): Good
- 17/09/2014 (school year 2014/15): Good
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence4.1% 2024/25
This school
4.7%
2016/17
4.3%
2017/18
4.3%
2018/19
4%
2020/21
6.1%
2021/22
6.1%
2022/23
5.8%
2023/24
4.1%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence1.3% 2024/25
This school
1.5%
2016/17
1.3%
2017/18
1.4%
2018/19
0.9%
2020/21
1.7%
2021/22
2.2%
2022/23
1.5%
2023/24
1.3%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once1.3% 2024/25
This school
0.9%
2017/18
1.7%
2018/19
0.9%
2019/20
0.6%
2020/21
0.9%
2021/22
0.5%
2022/23
1.3%
2023/24
1.3%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils3.4 2024/25
This school
1.5
2017/18
2.8
2018/19
1.8
2019/20
1.3
2020/21
1.1
2021/22
0.5
2022/23
2.9
2023/24
3.4
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.27%
2022/23
0.27%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)20.6% 2025/26
This school
12.7%
2019/20
15.8%
2020/21
19.8%
2021/22
21.2%
2022/23
20.5%
2023/24
20.2%
2024/25
20.6%
2025/26
Any SEN14.6% 2025/26
This school
10.9%
2019/20
11.4%
2020/21
12%
2021/22
10.7%
2022/23
11.4%
2023/24
14.7%
2024/25
14.6%
2025/26
SEN support9.6% 2025/26
This school
10.3%
2019/20
10.7%
2020/21
10.6%
2021/22
8.8%
2022/23
10.1%
2023/24
11.9%
2024/25
9.6%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans4.9% 2025/26
This school
0.6%
2019/20
0.6%
2020/21
1.4%
2021/22
1.9%
2022/23
1.3%
2023/24
2.8%
2024/25
4.9%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)14.9 2024/25
This school
15.5
2017/18
17.1
2018/19
16.8
2019/20
16.1
2020/21
15.6
2021/22
12.6
2022/23
14.8
2023/24
14.9
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)16 2024/25
This school
17
2017/18
18
2018/19
19
2019/20
18
2020/21
17
2021/22
15
2022/23
17
2023/24
16
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)6.8 2024/25
This school
8.6
2017/18
11.0
2018/19
12.7
2019/20
10.1
2020/21
9.7
2021/22
11.1
2022/23
12.1
2023/24
6.8
2024/25
Pupils per teacher26.0 2024/25
This school
21.6
2017/18
21.0
2018/19
20.2
2019/20
20.3
2020/21
23.9
2021/22
28.8
2022/23
25.4
2023/24
26.0
2024/25
Pupils per adult17.8 2024/25
This school
13.9
2017/18
12.8
2018/19
10.9
2019/20
12.1
2020/21
13.8
2021/22
15.4
2022/23
14.0
2023/24
17.8
2024/25
Teacher turnover21.3% 2024/25
This school
12.9%
2017/18
23.4%
2018/19
7.1%
2019/20
37.3%
2020/21
30.8%
2021/22
23.8%
2022/23
39.2%
2023/24
21.3%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence27.3% 2024/25
This school
50%
2016/17
77.8%
2017/18
68.8%
2018/19
26.7%
2020/21
46.7%
2021/22
23.5%
2022/23
42.1%
2023/24
27.3%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)0.7 2024/25
This school
13.7
2016/17
3.5
2017/18
3.4
2018/19
2.4
2020/21
2.6
2021/22
0.6
2022/23
2.2
2023/24
0.7
2024/25
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8.Key stage 2 expected standard53% 2024/25
This school
58%
2022/23
55%
2023/24
53%
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places420 2023/24
This school
330
2015/16
360
2016/17
420
2017/18
420
2018/19
420
2020/21
420
2021/22
420
2022/23
420
2023/24
Pupils382 2023/24
This school
267
2015/16
287
2016/17
335
2017/18
357
2018/19
324
2020/21
354
2021/22
366
2022/23
382
2023/24
Unfilled places9% 2023/24
This school
19.1%
2015/16
20.3%
2016/17
20.2%
2017/18
15%
2018/19
22.9%
2020/21
15.7%
2021/22
12.9%
2022/23
9%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% | - | 4% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.8% | 4.1% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.4% | - | 0.9% | 1.7% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.3% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0.3% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 1.3% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.27% | 0.27% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 12.7% | 15.8% | 19.8% | 21.2% | 20.5% | 20.2% | 20.6% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 10.9% | 11.4% | 12% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 14.7% | 14.6% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 10.3% | 10.7% | 10.6% | 8.8% | 10.1% | 11.9% | 9.6% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 12.7 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 14.9 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 7.4 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 6.8 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 23.0 | 19.1 | 21.6 | 21.0 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 23.9 | 28.8 | 25.4 | 26.0 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 13.4 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 17.8 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 19.6% | 15% | 13.3% | 12.9% | 23.4% | 7.1% | 37.3% | 30.8% | 23.8% | 39.2% | 21.3% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 41.7% | 42.9% | 50% | 77.8% | 68.8% | - | 26.7% | 46.7% | 23.5% | 42.1% | 27.3% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 5.2 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | - | 2.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58% | 55% | 53% | - |
| Places | 315 | 330 | 360 | 420 | 420 | - | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | - | - |
| Pupils | 244 | 267 | 287 | 335 | 357 | - | 324 | 354 | 366 | 382 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 22.5% | 19.1% | 20.3% | 20.2% | 15% | - | 22.9% | 15.7% | 12.9% | 9% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 4.1% | 2024/25 | Higher than 21% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.3% | 2024/25 | Higher than 54% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 1.3% | 2024/25 | Higher than 69% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 20.6 | 2025/26 | Higher than 46% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 11.9 | 2025/26 | Higher than 70% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 21.3% | 2024/25 | Higher than 75% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 0.7 | 2024/25 | Higher than 9% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 20.6% | 2025/26 | Higher than 51% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 14.6% | 2025/26 | Higher than 24% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 4.9% | 2025/26 | Higher than 70% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 30.2% | 2025/26 | Higher than 77% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 364 | year not recorded | Higher than 73% of schools | 16,437 |
Get Information about Schools and DfE school-level releases (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, finance) held by WhatSchool; 24,734 open schools in England, built 2026-10-24 from the Get Information about Schools extract of 2026-10-24. Open Government Licence v3.0.
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