Stanton Cross Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.319 miles
Published by North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Stanton Cross Primary School is a primary school in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Stanton Cross 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 | 0.319 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a 2026 Reception place lived 0.319 miles away, the shortest of the 25 North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- For 2026 Reception there were 74 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- There were 33.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
- 12.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 21.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Waverley Drive, Stanton Cross, Wellingborough, NN8 1GN
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 33.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from the school’s high aspirations for everyone to succeed.”
- “The school provides an ambitious curriculum and pupils typically achieve well.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, where content was introduced further back in time, pupils sometimes struggle to remember important details and words.”
- “However, this is not the case for all pupils.”
- “The school’s work to remove barriers for some pupils to attend more regularly has not had the desired impact.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 74 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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 North Northamptonshire.
- Victoria Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Junior School, Wellingborough 1.3 mi Standards maintained
- The Avenue Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakway Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas Church of England School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy 1.8 mi Not judged
- Irchester Community Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published