St Andrew's Ceva Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Andrew's Ceva Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Andrew's Ceva 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, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 24.9% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.4% across 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
- Ecton Brook Road, Ecton Brook, Northampton, NN3 5EN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 281 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils like coming to this school because it is a happy place where everyone gets on and where they feel safe.”
- “They say that staff are kind and set a good example to them.”
- “Everyone upholds the school values, such as integrity and empathy.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not have enough opportunity to write at length across subjects.”
- “The previous inspection found that teachers did not repeat content enough or check that pupils remembered it sufficiently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 November 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) | 60% | 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: 15 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.
- Ecton Brook Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rectory Farm Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackthorn Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Standens Barn Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lings Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodvale Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lumbertubs Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Cogenhoe Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published