Standens Barn 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 🔒
Standens Barn Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Standens Barn 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was also the case at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 43 first-choice applications for 43 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 24th highest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- The school has 19 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire is 21.4.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Flaxwell Court, Standens Barn, Northampton, NN3 9EH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 327 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, are happy and safe in this caring school.”
- “They talk confidently about ‘being their BEST’ (brave, enthusiastic, safe and thoughtful).”
- “They demonstrate these values in their excellent behaviour and the respect they show for each other.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, teachers do not precisely match the tasks that pupils complete to pupils’ existing knowledge.”
- “A small number of pupils do not always achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 September 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) | 66% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 43 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.
- Weston Favell CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lumbertubs Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Headlands Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lings Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Arbours Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Andrew's Ceva Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ecton Brook Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published