Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families
Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families is a local authority nursery school in Corby for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 145 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2023.
Pen Green Lane, Corby, NN17 1BJ01536 400068pengreen.orgMrs Angela Prodger headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 14 March 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Outstanding overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
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 North 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 (10), emotional and mental health (9), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), Physical disability (2), Specific learning difficulty (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 145 | 120 | 122 | 145 | 132 | 137 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 37% | 40% | 35% | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 26% | 21% | 24% | 11% | 20% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 4% | 5% | 0% | 2% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham Primary School | Academy | 180 m | 367 | Good 2022 | 24 | Compare |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School | Academy | 750 m | 366 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| Corby Old Village Primary School | Council | 970 m | 207 | Good 2023 | 37 | Compare |
| Studfall Infant Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 363 | Good 2022 | 24 | Compare |
| Corby Technical School | Free school | 0.8 miles | 952 | No overall grade 2025 | 49 | Compare |
| Studfall Junior Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 467 | Good 2022 | 30 | Compare |
| Exeter A Learning Community Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 466 | Good 2023 | 8 | Compare |
| Woodnewton- A Learning Community | Academy | 1.3 miles | 771 | Good 2024 | 15 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families a good school?
Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in March 2023.
What is Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families outstanding at its last full inspection on 14 March 2023.
How many pupils does Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families have?
145 pupils aged 2 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
- Pen Green Lane, Corby, NN17 1BJ
- Telephone
- 01536 400068
- Website
- www.pengreen.org
- Headteacher
- Mrs Angela Prodger
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Ward
- Lloyds & Corby Village
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2006 (new nursery school)
- URN
- 131232 · LAESTAB 9401011
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.