Mawsley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Mawsley Primary School is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2022. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Mawsley 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Reception, there were 29 first-choice applications for 26 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 51% reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 21.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Scholars Row, Mawsley, Kettering, NN14 1GZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 281 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2022
Strengths
- “Mawsley Primary School is a happy and welcoming school where everyone respects each other.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and playing together.”
- “Leaders want all pupils to ‘be brave, be kind and be yourself’.”
To improve
- “This is less well developed in the early years.”
- “Staff do not always extend children’s learning when they are accessing independent learning activities.”
- “This means that some children in the early years are not learning as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 2022 (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) | 51% | 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, 26 offers in total, 26 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 North Northamptonshire.
- Broughton Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Loddington CofE (VA) Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hall Meadow Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rothwell Victoria Infant School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rothwell Junior School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenfields Primary School and Nursery 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published