Yelvertoft 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 🔒
Yelvertoft 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 18 May 2022. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Yelvertoft 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
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 24th highest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 2 of the 18 applications (11%) came from families living outside West Northamptonshire, and 1 offer went to them.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire that have results.
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
- School Lane, Yelvertoft, Northampton, NN6 6LH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 95 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and are proud of their school.”
- “They know that staff care for them and listen to them, and they feel safe because of this.”
- “Leaders promote pupils’ well-being.”
To improve
- “However, not all staff feel confident with this new approach at the moment.”
- “Teachers are beginning to implement these plans, but pupils have not yet developed their knowledge fully.”
- “However, pupils do not have a secure knowledge of these.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 2022 (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) | 58% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- Crick Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kilsby Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barby Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Guilsborough Church of England Primary School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Buckby Infant School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Buckby Junior School 5.7 mi School remains Good