Meadowside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Meadowside Primary School is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (community school). North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Meadowside 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, as also happened at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 53 first-choice applications for 53 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 27.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Park Road, Burton Latimer, Kettering, NN15 5QY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 435 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, appreciate the warm relationships they share with each other and staff.”
- “Staff deal with the rare occasions of bullying swiftly and effectively so that it stops and does not reoccur.”
- “During playtimes, pupils have fun together.”
To improve
- “However, in lessons, staff have varied expectations of pupils’ conduct.”
- “As a result, pupils' focus on learning is not always maintained.”
- “Similarly, staff do not use the school’s behaviour policy consistently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 2026 (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) | 60% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 53 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 North Northamptonshire.
- St. Marys CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Isham Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barton Seagrave Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hayfield Cross CofE School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Finedon Nursery and Infant School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Millbrook Infant School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Millbrook Junior School 2.2 mi School remains Good