West Northamptonshire schools and admissions data

West Northamptonshire Council has 172 primary schools and 46 secondary schools. 8% of West Northamptonshire's schools are private schools. 52 state schools in West Northamptonshire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 131 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in West Northamptonshire

  1. Outstanding 22
  2. Good 135
  3. Requires Improvement 16
  4. Inadequate 3

Most popular state schools
in West Northamptonshire in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    The Bramptons Primary School

    Community school • Chapel Brampton, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Wootton Park School

    Free schools • Northampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Maidwell Primary School

    Community school • Maidwell, Northampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Harlestone Primary School

    Community school • Lower Harlestone, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Preston Hedges Primary School

    Academy converter • Wootton Fields, Northampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Barry Primary School

    Community school • Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Millway Primary School

    Community school • Duston, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Harpole Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Harpole, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Kingsthorpe Village Primary School

    Community school • Kingsthorpe, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Bridgewater Primary School

    Community school • Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Weston Favell CofE Primary School

    Academy converter • Wellingborough Road, Northampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Kings Heath, Northampton

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  13. 13

    Lyncrest Primary School

    Community school • Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Towcester Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter • Towcester

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School

    Community school • Kingsthorpe, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Whitehills Primary School

    Community school • Northampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  17. 17

    West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • West Haddon, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Blakesley Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter • The Green, Towcester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    Helmdon Primary School

    Community school • Helmdon, Brackley

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Charlton, Banbury

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Northampton School for Boys

    Academy converter • Northampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Northampton School for Girls

    Academy converter • Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Northampton Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Sponne School

    Academy converter • Towcester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Chenderit School

    Academy converter • Middleton Cheney, Banbury

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Magdalen College School

    Academy converter • Brackley

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Malcolm Arnold Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Guilsborough Academy

    Academy converter • Guilsborough, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Moulton School and Science College

    Academy converter • Moulton, Northampton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Elizabeth Woodville School

    Academy converter • Deanshanger, Milton Keynes

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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