Kingsthorpe Village Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsthorpe Village Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (community school). West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Kingsthorpe Village 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
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 53% met the expected standard (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- For Reception entry in 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 57th lowest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- For Reception entry in 2026, 27 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place; 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 10.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.9% 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
- Knights Lane, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6QL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
- “They feel safe and know that teachers care for them.”
- “Pupils get on well with one another in school and at playtimes.”
To improve
- “However, too many pupils are persistently absent.”
- “The school works hard to improve this.”
- “However, in a few instances, teachers lack subject knowledge and do not identify when pupils develop misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 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) | 53% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kings Heath Primary Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehills Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Earl Spencer Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published