Overstone 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 🔒
Overstone Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Overstone 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, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 20 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 9.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 28.9% 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
- Sywell Road, Overstone, Sywell Road Overstone, Northampton, NN6 0AG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe in school.”
- “One pupil shared: ‘We have nice teachers and get to do fun things.”
- “There is a strong community ethos at the school.”
To improve
- “This is not yet the case in all subjects.”
- “However, in some subjects, pupils remember activities and events rather than the intended knowledge.”
- “Assessment is not always used as well is it could be to ensure that pupils have secured the intended knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2023 (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) | 63% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 20 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.
- Moulton Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorplands Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Rectory Farm Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodvale Primary Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackthorn Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lings Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lumbertubs Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Boothville Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published