Sunnyside Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Sunnyside Primary Academy is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Sunnyside Primary Academy 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, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 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.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 20.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.8% 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
- Reynard Way, Northampton, NN2 8QS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 364 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “Sunnyside Primary Academy promotes an encouraging ethos where ‘every child can shine’.”
- “Pupils feel secure due to the positive and caring relationships staff build with them.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ behaviour and attitudes.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ achievement throughout the curriculum is not as secure as it should be.”
- “However, their checks are sometimes not thorough enough.”
- “Staff do not use the information gained consistently to adapt teaching and address misconceptions or gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 53% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 22 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.
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Boughton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Whitehills Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Buckton Fields Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Parklands Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published