Boughton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Boughton Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Boughton 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
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as happened at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Reception had 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 35th lowest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- 4.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.9% 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
- Moulton Lane, Boughton, Northampton, NN2 8RG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their caring and friendly school.”
- “Pupils respect their helpful teachers.”
- “They feel listened to by adults, who ‘take in what we say and follow it up’.”
To improve
- “However, senior leaders have not yet ensured that all curriculum leaders have the training and opportunity they need to check how well their subject is being taught across the school.”
- “As a result, not all curriculum leaders ensure that their subject curriculum is implemented consistently and that colleagues are helped to improve further.”
- “However, there are some pupils across the school who struggle to read.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 February 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) | 57% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 28 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 West Northamptonshire.
- Sunnyside Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Buckton Fields Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehills Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Pitsford Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Parklands Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Moulton Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published