St James Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–8 · Daventry, 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 James Infant School is a primary school in Daventry, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–8 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 February 2024. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St James Infant 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 at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 brought 45 first-choice applications for 45 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer and the 24th highest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 18.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.7% 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
- 90 St James Street, Daventry, NN11 4AG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–8
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils learn to be tolerant and respectful.”
- “They behave well towards each other.”
- “‘Friendship pals’ check on pupils and make sure that they are happy.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, not all pupils are recalling all they have learned, and teachers are not checking closely enough when it is appropriate to move pupils’ learning on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 45 first-preference applications, 45 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.
- Abbey CofE Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good
- E-ACT The Grange School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Falconer's Hill Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Falconer's Hill Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Ashby Fields Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newnham Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published