Farthinghoe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Brackley, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Farthinghoe Primary School is a primary school in Brackley, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Farthinghoe 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 6 first-choice applications for 7 offers; 5 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (17%) was not offered a place.
- With 16 pupils on roll in January 2026, the school publishes an admission number of 6 places for Reception 2027.
- There are 4.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- 18.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 9.3% 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
- Main Road, Farthinghoe, Brackley, NN13 5PA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 16 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 4.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this small, caring and very happy school.”
- “Staff work in very close partnership with parents and carers and the community to deliver a positive experience for pupils.”
- “The school develops pupils’ knowledge and confidence through a highly ambitious curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, a small number do not focus sufficiently on what is being taught and they can become distracted.”
- “On occasion, when this does not happen, some pupils do not gain a secure enough understanding in their learning.”
- “This means that sometimes they can struggle to progress to more challenging work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 5 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.
- Greatworth Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Middleton Cheney Primary Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bracken Leas Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kings Sutton Primary Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Radstone Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Waynflete Infants' School 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Brackley Church of England Junior School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade