Bugbrooke Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bugbrooke Community Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 January 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Bugbrooke Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers for Reception 2026, with every first-choice family offered a place; the Reception 2027 admission number is 30 places.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception 2026 place, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Free school meal eligibility is 19.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 7.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- High Street, Bugbrooke, Northampton, NN7 3PA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 192 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Bugbrooke Community Primary School.”
- “Pupils trust staff to keep them safe.”
- “All pupils are made to feel welcome in this school.”
To improve
- “Most of the time, they use this to provide pupils with clear explanations of new concepts and make connections to what pupils already know.”
- “However, on some occasions, learning activities lack focus or are not matched accurately to pupils’ stages of learning.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not gain knowledge securely and cannot recall important knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 56% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Northamptonshire.
- The Bliss Charity School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Kislingbury Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Pattishall Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Harpole Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Gayton Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Pineham Barns Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Flore Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published