Ecton Brook 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 🔒
Ecton Brook 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 29 April 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Ecton Brook 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, 70% 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.
- At the higher standard in 2024/25, the figure was 16% of pupils (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 43 first-choice applications for 44 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
- Ecton Brook Road, Ecton Brook, Northampton, NN3 5DY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 567 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “Ecton Brook Primary School is a caring and aspirational school.”
- “Although it is split over two sites, the school maintains one strong heartbeat.”
- “Relationships are at the core of all the school’s work.”
To improve
- “However, in the Reception Year, the impact that spoken interactions have on learning is variable.”
- “When this support and interaction does not happen, children do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, their ability to recall knowledge over the long term is more variable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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) | 70% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 43 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.
- St Andrew's Ceva Primary School 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rectory Farm Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackthorn Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Standens Barn Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cogenhoe Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lings Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodvale Primary Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lumbertubs Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published