Rothwell Victoria Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Rothwell Victoria Infant School is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 30 April 2025. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Rothwell Victoria Infant 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 64 first-choice applications for 64 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- At 17.9%, free school meal eligibility is below the middle figure of 20.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Rothwell, Kettering, NN14 6HZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 263 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 30 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy playing with their friends in the spacious grounds.”
- “They feel safe in school and know who to ask if they need any help.”
- “Any incidents of poor behaviour are sorted swiftly, and pupils say that they do not happen again.”
To improve
- “However, there is more to be done to ensure that pupils’ attendance improves further so that all pupils benefit from the rich curriculum on offer.”
- “However, the tasks that some pupils are asked to undertake are too complex.”
- “Some pupils at the early stages of learning to write have not secured the knowledge that they need to form letters correctly or spell words accurately.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 64 first-preference applications, 64 offers in total, 64 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 North Northamptonshire.
- Rothwell Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Havelock Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Havelock Infant School 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Loatlands Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Loddington CofE (VA) Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rushton Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published