Whittlebury Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Towcester, 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 🔒
Whittlebury Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Towcester, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 December 2022. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Whittlebury Church of England 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
- Reception 2026 drew 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers; 10 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (9%) was not offered a place.
- Of the 31 applications for Reception 2026, 4 (13%) came from families living outside West Northamptonshire, and 1 offer went to them.
- With 71 pupils on roll in January 2026, the school has a published admission number of 12 places for Reception 2027.
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, Whittlebury, Towcester, NN12 8XH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 December 2022
Strengths
- “This is a happy school where pupils are well looked after and cared for.”
- “They say that everyone knows each other and gets on well.”
- “As one pupil said: ‘It’s like being part of one big family.”
To improve
- “It does not, however, build incrementally on what pupils know at each stage of their education.”
- “This means that leaders do not have the milestones they need to check on how well pupils are acquiring the reading curriculum.”
- “However, a small number of subjects are not yet fully planned and sequenced.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 10 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.
- Silverstone Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Paulerspury Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marie Weller Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Towcester Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greens Norton Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- John Hellins Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published