Green Oaks 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 🔒
Green Oaks Primary Academy is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Green Oaks 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.
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 28.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 18.8%.
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
- Whiston Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 7RR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy school.”
- “They like and respect their teachers, and listen to one another.”
- “Teachers engage pupils in learning successfully and develop their confidence.”
To improve
- “In parts of the early years, however, curriculum thinking is less well-developed.”
- “In the early years, children have fewer opportunities to prepare them for writing than they could.”
- “This means that some pupils struggle to write when they start Year 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 2025 (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) | 53% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sunnyside Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Parklands Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published