Marie Weller Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Towcester, 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 🔒
Marie Weller Primary School is a primary school in Towcester, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Marie Weller 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 124 of the 141 other West Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 55 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 14.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 10.3% 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
- Redcar Road, Towcester, NN12 6LZ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “This school has rapidly established itself at the heart of the new community it serves.”
- “Parents and carers are full of praise for how well staff know and support their children.”
- “Typically, parents say the school’s ‘safe, fun and nurturing environment’ means that each pupil is cared for as an individual.”
To improve
- “However, teachers sometimes focus too much on what they want pupils to do rather than what pupils need to know.”
- “On these occasions, the planned activities distract pupils from learning the key knowledge.”
- “Occasionally, some pupils find the work too tricky, while others complete it and are ready to move on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 55 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 55 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.
- Towcester Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Paulerspury Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greens Norton Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whittlebury Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Silverstone Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published