Boddington Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Daventry, 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 🔒
Boddington Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Daventry, West Northamptonshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 September 2021. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Boddington Church of England 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 3 first-choice applications for 6 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer and the lowest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 26.5 pupils per teacher and 5.8% are eligible for free school meals, against middle figures of 19.7 and 17.3% 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
- Church Road, Upper Boddington, Daventry, NN11 6DL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 52 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 September 2021
Strengths
- “They enjoy school and their attendance is high.”
- “The school community welcomes new pupils enthusiastically, so they settle quickly into school life.”
- “Pupils benefit from warm, respectful relationships across the school and receive nurturing care from staff.”
To improve
- “However, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities do not consistently receive the right support to thrive.”
- “Pupils work hard, but they do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “This is due to weak curriculum design, hampering how well staff can teach it.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 3 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 Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Byfield School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chipping Warden Primary Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Culworth Church of England Primary Academy 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy 5.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Badby School 6.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School 6.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published