Thorplands Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Thorplands Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Thorplands 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
- 36.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 24.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- At the end of primary school in 2024/25, 0% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (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
- Farm Field Court, Thorplands, Northampton, NN3 8AQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Thorplands Primary School.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and appreciate the wide range of experiences that the school offers.”
- “Leaders are aspirational about what pupils can achieve.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, leaders have not yet planned well enough how teachers should check pupils’ learning over time.”
- “However, in some lessons, activities do not support pupils to make links between new knowledge and what they have learned before.”
- “Sometimes, activities do not help pupils learn the knowledge identified in the curriculum as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 May 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) | 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, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Woodvale Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lings Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lumbertubs Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Boothville Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Arbours Primary Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackthorn Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Headlands Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published