Denton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Denton Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (community school). West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Denton 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
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception entry in 2026 there were 4 first-choice applications for 4 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for 2027 is 15 places.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- The school has 84 pupils on roll and 17.7 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 20.8.
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
- Vicarage Lane, Denton, Northampton, NN7 1DT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 84 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Staff and pupils are proud and happy to be part of this small school at the heart of the village.”
- “Pupils arrive at school eager and ready to learn.”
- “As a result, pupils attend school well.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not consistently check what pupils are learning.”
- “As a result, some of the work provided to pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is not well matched to what they know.”
- “Some adult interactions with children are of high quality and develop language and communication; however, this is not consistent.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2026 (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) | 54% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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.
- Yardley Hastings Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cogenhoe Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Little Houghton Church of England Primary 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hackleton CofE Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ecton Brook Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's Ceva Primary School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Standens Barn Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published