Newnham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Newnham Primary School is a primary school in Daventry, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Newnham 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, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- 4.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.7% 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
- School Hill, Newnham, Daventry, NN11 3HG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 84 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 March 2023
Strengths
- “This is a happy and cohesive school where everyone gets on.”
- “They help pupils to learn, be happy and stay safe.”
- “He quickly went on to add, ‘I love it.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of cases, some pupils have reading books that are too hard for them.”
- “They are not able to read as fluently as they could.”
- “However, in a few subjects, their knowledge and recall of the curriculum are less consistent.”
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) | 55% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Badby School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbey CofE Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good
- St James Infant School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- E-ACT The Grange School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Falconer's Hill Infant School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Falconer's Hill Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good
- Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashby Fields Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published