The Abbey Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
The Abbey Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Abbey 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
- 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.
- There were 22 first-choice applications for 24 offers in Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the 2nd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire that have results.
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
- Winchester Road, Delapre, Northampton, NN4 8AZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 330 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “Parents and carers overwhelmingly agree that this a happy, caring and inclusive school in which pupils can learn.”
- “Staff and pupils live and breathe the school’s community code, the ‘5Bs’.”
- “Pupils say that they feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not yet have enough depth of subject knowledge to confidently teach the full curriculum.”
- “However, this is not yet fully consistent.”
- “Occasionally, teachers do not check pupils’ work closely enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 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) | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 22 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.
- Overstone Gate Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Simon de Senlis Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Queen Eleanor Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Delapre Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Hunsbury Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hunsbury Park Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hardingstone Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published