Parklands Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Parklands Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 January 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Parklands 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
- In 2024/25, 87% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- Reception 2026 drew 54 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 7.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.9% 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
- Spinney Hill Road, Northampton, NN3 6DW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 January 2023
Strengths
- “Under the guidance of the Preston Hedges Trust, Parklands is flourishing.”
- “With the aim of ‘Fun, Creativity and Achievement’, leaders have swiftly brought about change and raised standards.”
- “Pupils strive to show respect, kindness, independence, determination, perseverance and aspiration.”
To improve
- “However, the checks that teachers carry out do not always give them a precise understanding of what all pupils know and can do in every subject.”
- “Where this is the case, teachers cannot address misconceptions quickly.”
- “However, some pupils do not read as fluently as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 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) | 87% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 54 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.
- Eastfield Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boothville Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsley Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cedar Road Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Headlands Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published