Finedon Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.021 miles
Published by North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Finedon Nursery and Infant School is a primary school in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Finedon Nursery and 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 | 2.021 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.021 miles away, the 9th longest of 25 North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- 16.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
- There are 17.2 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 21.8 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
- Orchard Road, Finedon, Wellingborough, NN9 5JG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 176 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Finedon Infant School is a caring and happy school.”
- “The school values of ‘kindness, respect, perseverance, honesty, positivity and courage’ underpin all the school does.”
- “Pupils really feel part of the school community.”
To improve
- “However, in a few foundation subjects, the school has not ensured that there have been consistent opportunities to check how well the curriculum is implemented.”
- “As a result, some pupils are not making connections with prior learning and remembering all that they have learned in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Northamptonshire.
- Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Irthlingborough Junior School 1.8 mi Standards maintained
- Irthlingborough Nursery and Infant School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St. Marys CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Meadowside Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stanton Cross Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Isham Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oakway Academy 2.5 mi Good Last distance published