Pitsford 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 🔒
Pitsford Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Pitsford 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the admission number for Reception 2027 is 10 places.
- There are 18 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 29% reached the higher standard (England 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
- Moulton Road, Pitsford, Northampton, NN6 9AU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 67 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of the school.”
- “They live the school’s values of ‘collaboration, enjoyment, responsibility, respect, innovation and challenge’.”
- “They meet the high expectations teachers set for them.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not developed effective approaches to check what pupils have learned and understand in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 71% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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.
- Boughton Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brixworth CofE VC Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Moulton Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buckton Fields Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sunnyside Primary Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Bramptons Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good
- Whitehills Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published