Whitehills 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 🔒
Whitehills 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 25 February 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Whitehills 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
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 11.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 18.8%.
- The school has 24.1 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 22.6.
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
- Acre Lane, Northampton, NN2 8DF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are keen to come to school each day because there is always something to look forward to.”
- “They are safe and well cared for by staff.”
- “Pupils get on well with staff and with each other.”
To improve
- “However, these high expectations are not consistently realised for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “The systems to check pupils’ learning are not fully developed.”
- “This makes it difficult for teachers to know exactly what pupils understand and remember in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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) | 62% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 49 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.
- Buckton Fields Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sunnyside Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Boughton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published