Caroline Chisholm School
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 4–18 · Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Every applicant was offered a place
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Caroline Chisholm School is an all-through school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 21 May 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Caroline Chisholm 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 |
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for both Reception and Year 7 in 2026.
- For Reception in 2026, 46 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25 the A level average grade was B- (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level above average.
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
- Wooldale Centre for Learning, Wootton Fields, Northampton, NN4 6TP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 2,049 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 21 May 2025
Strengths
- “The school has high ambitions for all pupils.”
- “They enjoy attending this school.”
- “The school ensures that all pupils feel valued.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in teaching.”
- “Sometimes, learning activities do not help pupils to build their knowledge as well as they could.”
- “Additionally, gaps in some pupils’ knowledge are sometimes not addressed well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2025 (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) | 72% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 46 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 156 first-preference applications, 210 offers in total, 139 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in West Northamptonshire.
- Northampton High School GDST 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wootton Park School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hospital and Outreach Education 2.4 mi Good
- Progress Schools - Northamptonshire 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- New Horizons Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- The CE Academy 3.3 mi Not judged
- Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton Campus 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Northampton International Academy 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published