Kettering Park Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Kettering Park Infant Academy is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Park Avenue, Kettering, NN16 9RU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “Kettering Park Infant Academy is a warm, friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils get on well with each other and enjoy playing together.”
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “This means that it has not yet had time to be fully embedded and, in turn, have an impact on some pupils’ outcomes, including in statutory assessments.”
- “In some subjects, the processes for monitoring the impact of the curriculum are less well developed.”
- “On occasions, pupils with SEND in other classrooms do not receive the precise support that they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 53 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as North Northamptonshire published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Northamptonshire.
- Kettering Park Junior Academy 0.0 mi Good
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grange Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brambleside Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Compass Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawthorn Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published