Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Brackley, 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 🔒
Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Brackley, West Northamptonshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains 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.
Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery 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
- Reception 2026 had 9 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 33% was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire that have results.
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
- High Street, Syresham, Brackley, NN13 5HL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 122 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to this school.”
- “Pupils, parents and staff describe it as a family.”
- “The pupils are a credit to the school.”
To improve
- “Leaders rightly recognise that further work is needed to develop the curriculum sequence within the Nursery to ensure it fully prepares children for Reception.”
- “While some of these activities have restarted, pupils do not have the same opportunities as they did before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 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) | 33% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 9 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.
- Helmdon Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Silverstone Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Radstone Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bracken Leas Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brackley Church of England Junior School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Waynflete Infants' School 4.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Whittlebury Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greatworth Primary School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published