St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Luke's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Luke's Church of England Primary 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 | 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 45 first-choice applications for 49 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- At the end of primary school in 2024/25, 18% of pupils (England 8%) reached the higher standard.
- There are 23.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.8 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
- St Crispin Drive, Duston, Northampton, NN5 4UL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 391 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “This is a caring, nurturing and happy school.”
- “Staff know pupils and their needs extremely well.”
- “Pupils know that staff will listen and help them if they have a worry.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects in the wider curriculum, pupils are not as secure or confident in recollecting some of the key knowledge they have been taught.”
- “Occasionally, pupils with particular talents are not given tasks that challenge them to achieve the highest standards.”
- “Pupils’ knowledge in these subjects is not as secure as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 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) | 72% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 45 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.
- Millway Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton Meadows Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hopping Hill Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Duston Eldean Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chiltern Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lyncrest Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Harpole Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Kislingbury Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published