Hartwell Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Hartwell Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Hartwell 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 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 15th highest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- In 2026, 30 Reception offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 96% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- School Lane, Hartwell, Northampton, NN7 2HL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “Hartwell is a warm and welcoming village school.”
- “Pupils are friendly, courteous and respectful towards each other.”
- “They see the importance of good manners.”
To improve
- “However, some say that the school needs to communicate with them more often and in good time.”
- “In some subjects, leaders have not identified the most important things pupils need to be able to recall.”
- “This means that teachers do not precisely link what pupils are learning now to the things they have learned in previous years.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 November 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) | 96% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Ashton CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Roade Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hackleton CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodland View Primary School 3.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Collingtree Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Preston Hedges Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published