Woodford Halse 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 🔒
Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Daventry, West Northamptonshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Woodford Halse 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 applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 23.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 6.4% 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
- High Street, Woodford Halse, Daventry, NN11 3RQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Woodford Halse is a caring and nurturing school.”
- “The school has a strong community feel, and parents spoke of it feeling like a family.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe.”
To improve
- “Some of the school’s published outcomes do not accurately reflect the current quality of education in the school.”
- “A small number of parents feel that the school does not always deal with bullying appropriately.”
- “The approaches for checking how well pupils are remembering the content of the new wider curriculum require further development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 December 2024 (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) | 62% | 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, 18 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.
- Byfield School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Culworth Church of England Primary Academy 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chipping Warden Primary Academy 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Boddington Church of England Primary Academy 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Badby School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newnham Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blakesley Church of England Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published