Vernon Terrace 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 🔒
Vernon Terrace Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Vernon Terrace 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 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- There are 17.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
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
- Vernon Terrace, Northampton, NN1 5HE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Vernon Terrace is an inclusive school.”
- “All pupils are looked after and well cared for.”
- “Pupils do their best to live up to this.”
To improve
- “Beyond phonics, the reading curriculum is not fully sequenced.”
- “However, it does not set out the interim milestones that pupils are expected to achieve.”
- “It has not yet been taught in full.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 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) | 59% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Barry Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Stimpson Avenue Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abington Vale Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Spring Lane Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cedar Road Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published