Delapre Primary School
Primary · Community 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 🔒
Delapre Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Delapre 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
- 18.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 23.6%.
- For Reception 2026 there were 56 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, so 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 49% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 4% reached the higher standard (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
- Rothersthorpe Road, Far Cotton, Northampton, NN4 8JA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 539 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils love to come and learn.”
- “Pupils are fully engaged in their learning.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.”
To improve
- “Some subject leaders are new to the role and have not yet had the time or training to monitor their subject effectively.”
- “They are, therefore, unsure as to how well the curriculum is being implemented and if it is having the intended impact on what pupils know and remember.”
- “However, some subjects are more developed than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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) | 49% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 54 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.
- Queen Eleanor Primary Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hunsbury Park Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Abbey Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Simon de Senlis Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Overstone Gate Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Spring Lane Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published