Overstone Gate Primary School
Primary · Free schools · 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 🔒
Overstone Gate Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (free schools). West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Overstone Gate 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
- Reception 2026 had 66 first-choice applications for 28 offers, 2.4 first choices per offer, the highest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 39 first-choice families (59%) were not offered a place.
- 9.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire, with 30 pupils on roll in January 2026.
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
- Wootton Hall Park (Temporary Address), Northampton, NN4 0HZ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 30 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 66 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- The Abbey Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Simon de Senlis Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- East Hunsbury Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hardingstone Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen Eleanor Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Delapre Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wootton Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hunsbury Park Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published