Roade 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 🔒
Roade Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 February 2024. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Roade 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 47 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- In 2024/25, 5% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%), with 315 pupils on roll in January 2026.
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
- Hartwell Road, Roade, Northampton, NN7 2NT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 315 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 February 2024
Strengths
- “Roade Primary is a welcoming and nurturing school.”
- “The school has high expectations of all pupils to achieve well and be prepared for their next stage.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how the curriculum is delivered.”
- “Some of the systems and processes in place to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) require further refinement.”
- “However, this work has only just begun.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 March 2024 (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) | 70% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 47 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.
- Ashton CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hartwell Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodland View Primary School 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Blisworth Community Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Collingtree Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Milton Parochial Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Wootton Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published