Hardingstone Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 0–11 · 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 🔒
Hardingstone Academy is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 0–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 March 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Hardingstone 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.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 21 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 8th lowest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 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
- Martins Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton, NN4 6DJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 0–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy school.”
- “They say that everyone is welcome.”
- “New joiners quickly become part of this friendly, inclusive school.”
To improve
- “However, they do not consistently support their colleagues to improve further.”
- “However, leaders do not yet check that extra help and adaptions in other classes consistently match the precise support that 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 30 May 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) | 56% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 16 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.
- Preston Hedges Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wootton Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Overstone Gate Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Abbey Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- East Hunsbury Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Simon de Senlis Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Queen Eleanor Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Collingtree Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published