Queen Eleanor Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Queen Eleanor Primary Academy is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Queen Eleanor 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 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 29 Reception offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 11th highest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- All 29 Reception offers in 2026 went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- There are 23.7 pupils per teacher, above the middle figure of 20.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% 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
- Queen Eleanor Road, Northampton, NN4 8NN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this inclusive school.”
- “They say that everyone is welcome and quickly becomes part of the school family.”
- “Pupils respect their caring teachers, who frequently go above and beyond to help them.”
To improve
- “However, they do not yet support teachers to implement some subjects consistently well.”
- “However, leaders do not check that this extra help matches the precise support that these pupils need.”
- “As a result, some pupils with SEND do not make the progress that they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 66% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Delapre Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Abbey Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Overstone Gate Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hunsbury Park Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Simon de Senlis Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Spring Lane Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- East Hunsbury Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published