Boothville 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 🔒
Boothville 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 21 February 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Boothville 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
- 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 40 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- 19.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.4% across 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
- Booth Lane North, Northampton, NN3 6JG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 601 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 February 2023
Strengths
- “They have positive relationships with teachers and other adults.”
- “Parents and carers are happy to bring their children here.”
- “They speak positively about the teachers and the opportunities the school offers.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of lessons, the activities are not well matched to pupils’ needs.”
- “Sometimes teachers are not sure what pupils have learned before.”
- “Teachers are still developing the expertise that they need to check pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 54% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 39 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 Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Arbours Primary Academy 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thorplands Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Eastfield Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parklands Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Headlands Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lumbertubs Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lings Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published