Kingsthorpe Grove 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 🔒
Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Kingsthorpe Grove 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, 42% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 30.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 25.9%.
- The school has 17.7 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 22.3.
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
- St Davids Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 7QL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 471 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this inclusive school.”
- “They say that everyone is welcome.”
- “New joiners quickly feel they belong.”
To improve
- “The school has not completed this work for a small number of subjects.”
- “The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to have a severe impact on the pupils in this school.”
- “The impact is not yet consistently seen in published outcomes at key stages 1 and 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 January 2024 (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) | 42% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 52 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.
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kingsley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Earl Spencer Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Heath Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published