Kettering Park Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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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.
Kettering Park Infant Academy 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 53 first-choice applications for 58 offers, and 5 of those offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 15.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.7 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
- Park Avenue, Kettering, NN16 9RU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- 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.
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