Harpole Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harpole Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Harpole 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- There are 24.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- 2024/25: 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest 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
- Larkhall Lane, Harpole, Northampton, NN7 4DP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Harpole Primary School.”
- “Pupils said the school’s values of respect, responsibility, perseverance, courage, forgiveness and compassion help them understand how to learn and behave.”
- “They are confident that staff would deal with any issues.”
To improve
- “They said that bullying happens occasionally.”
- “In some subjects, some teachers do not always implement the curriculum effectively.”
- “For example, they do not always ensure that pupils build on their prior knowledge or that activities support pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 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) | 68% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Kislingbury Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Duston Eldean Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Upton Meadows Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Millway Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Pineham Barns Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hopping Hill Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chiltern Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published