Earl Spencer 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 🔒
Earl Spencer Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Earl Spencer 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 43 first-choice applications for 44 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, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- The school has 16.7 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 20.3, and 352 pupils on roll.
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
- Streatfield Road, Spencer Estate, Northampton, NN5 7DE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 352 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Earl Spencer pupils are friendly and welcoming.”
- “They try hard to live up to the high expectations for their behaviour.”
- “They listen attentively to their teachers.”
To improve
- “The processes for checking pupils’ learning of this knowledge are not fully established yet.”
- “This means that sometimes teachers do not have the information they need to identify and address specific gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “Nevertheless, some pupils do not have the confidence or language to explain their learning in detail.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2025 (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) | 56% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 43 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.
- St James Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Heath Primary Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Castle Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Spring Lane Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lyncrest Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Chiltern Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published