Abington Vale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Abington Vale Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 14 February 2024. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Abington Vale 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, 83% 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.
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- The Reception 2026 entry had 19 first-choice applications for 20 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Ashford Close, Abington Vale, Northampton, NN3 3NQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 409 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 14 February 2024
Strengths
- “Abington Vale Primary School is welcoming and inclusive.”
- “Pupils, staff and parents and carers agree that the school is a warm, friendly and caring place to learn.”
- “The school has very high expectations for every single pupil to succeed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 2024 (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) | 83% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 19 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.
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barry Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Stimpson Avenue Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Weston Favell CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vernon Terrace Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cedar Road Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Headlands Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Standens Barn Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published