Spring Lane Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Spring Lane Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2022. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Spring Lane 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
- 27.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 41 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% 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
- Spring Lane, Northampton, NN1 2JW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 434 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They have a strong sense of belonging.”
- “An older pupil, typically, commented, 'When you join from a young age and then you get to Year 6 you just feel like you are part of a family.”
To improve
- “However, they are at different stages in this work.”
- “In geography, however, curriculum refinement is less developed.”
- “For example, pupils’ experiences of fieldwork, and the learning they gain from this, are not as effective as they should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 62% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 40 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.
- Castle Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Earl Spencer Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vernon Terrace Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lyncrest Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Delapre Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stimpson Avenue Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published