Long Buckby Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · 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 🔒
Long Buckby Infant School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Long Buckby Infant 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 was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 42 first-choice applications for 42 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 54 places are published for Reception 2027.
- There are 16.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.1 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, Long Buckby, Northampton, NN6 7RE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 119 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “There is a family feel in and around school.”
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are positive about their learning and are focused during lessons.”
To improve
- “However, in a few lessons, teachers are not ambitious for all pupils to achieve all they can.”
- “In some subjects, subject leaders have not yet had the time to check on the implementation and impact of their curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 42 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.
- Long Buckby Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- East Haddon Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brington Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Welton Church of England Academy 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crick Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashby Fields Primary School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published