Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families
Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families is a local authority nursery school in Northampton for boys and girls aged 0 to 5. It has 98 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in June 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Streatfield Road, Spencer, Northampton, NN5 7DE01604 585219ffcnschools.comMrs Lyndsey Lambert head of centreAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 23 June 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (2)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2024 | S5 Inspection | Requires improvement |
| 4 May 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to West Northamptonshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (3), Other difficulty or disability (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 98 | 122 | 114 | 114 | 120 | 88 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 46% | 43% | 46% | 47% | 44% | 39% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 21% | 21% | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Spencer Primary School | Council | 60 m | 352 | No overall grade 2025 | 15 | Compare |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 780 m | 160 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| St James Church of England Primary School | Academy | 840 m | 445 | Report card 2026 | 63 | Compare |
| Kings Heath Primary Academy | Academy | 950 m | 350 | Outstanding 2024 | 78 | Compare |
| Bosworth Independent School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 220 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hampton Bridge School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 33 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Northgate School Academy Trust | Academy | 0.7 miles | 289 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Northampton International Academy | Free school | 0.7 miles | 1,754 | No overall grade 2024 | 15 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families a good school?
Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from June 2026 rated its teaching as strong.
What is Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 23 June 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families have?
98 pupils aged 0 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Streatfield Road, Spencer, Northampton, NN5 7DE
- Telephone
- 01604 585219
- Website
- www.ffcnschools.com
- Head of Centre
- Mrs Lyndsey Lambert
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 0-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Ward
- Dallington Spencer
- Constituency
- Northampton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 1992
- URN
- 131151 · LAESTAB 9411010
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.