Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Market Harborough, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Market Harborough, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2022. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled 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
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In Reception 2026, 5 of the 27 applications (19%) came from families living outside West Northamptonshire; 0 offers went to them.
- 2024/25: 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4th lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire that have results.
- In 2024/25, 15% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
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, Clipston, Market Harborough, LE16 9RU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 93 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils happily walk through the school's 350-year-old main gate warmly greeted by members of staff.”
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, value the school's well-established welcoming ethos.”
- “They feel safe at school and build positive relationships with their peers and staff.”
To improve
- “This is particularly the case for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “However, when teachers do not arrange learning activities that meet pupils' exact needs, they do not learn as well as they could.”
- “However, occasionally, some teachers do not provide learning activities that meet the exact needs of some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 69% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Naseby Church of England Primary Academy 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Maidwell Primary School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Guilsborough Church of England Primary School 5.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Spratton Church of England Primary School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Brixworth CofE VC Primary School 7.3 mi Good Last distance published
- West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School 8.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Walgrave Primary School 8.1 mi Not judged Last distance published