Hayfield Cross CofE School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.662 miles
Published by North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Hayfield Cross CofE School is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2024. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Hayfield Cross CofE 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 | 0.662 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.662 miles away, 6th shortest of 25 North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 85 first-choice applications for 60 offers; all 60 went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- 4.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.6% 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
- Hayfield Crescent, Kettering, NN15 5FJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 420 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 February 2024
Strengths
- “This is a well-led school where pupils enjoy positive relationships with adults.”
- “Learning activities capture the interest of pupils.”
- “Pupils strive to meet these high expectations.”
To improve
- “On occasion, pupils do not move on as soon as they could in their learning, which can limit their ability to reach the highest standards of which they are capable.”
- “The school has rightly reflected, for example, on the fact that some pupils did not achieve as highly as they could in writing and mathematics at the end of key stage 2 in 2023.”
- “Although pupils know about fundamental British values, some pupils do not understand them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 57% | 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: 85 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Barton Seagrave Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Millbrook Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Millbrook Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St. Marys CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Meadowside Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Compass Primary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranford CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published