Wootton 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 🔒
Wootton Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Wootton 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
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 28 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 14th lowest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- Of the 2026 Reception offers, 22 went to first-choice families and 6 to families who ranked it second or lower; 2 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 7% 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
- Farmclose Road, Wootton, Northampton, NN4 6HJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 306 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “The school is highly aspirational for its pupils to do well.”
- “It ensures that its pupils achieve exceptionally well across the whole curriculum.”
- “It has a clear motto for what it wants for all its pupils: ‘to develop a sense of themselves, a sense of others and a sense of the world’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 68% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 22 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.
- Preston Hedges Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hardingstone Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Collingtree Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- East Hunsbury Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodland View Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Overstone Gate Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Abbey Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Simon de Senlis Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published