Councils · England · West Northamptonshire
Schools in West Northamptonshire, and the dates that matter.
Every state school in the council area — 153 primary, 23 secondary — with West Northamptonshire’s application deadlines, offer days, and where to apply. One page, kept current from official sources.
September 2027 entry · Sources: National admissions guidance · Secondary council source
Primary · Reception 2027
15 January 2027
National deadline. Offers arrive 16 April. We suggest submitting by 8 January to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on West Northamptonshire's portal →Check national deadline guidance →Secondary · Year 7 2027
31 October 2026
National deadline. Offers arrive 1 March. Grammar tests, where they apply, happen even earlier. We suggest submitting by 24 October to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on West Northamptonshire's portal →Verify the exact date on the council's scheme →01 / EVERY SCHOOL IN WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Find your shortlist.
All 200 state and independent schools in the council area, straight from the Department for Education’s register. Open any school for admissions details, Ofsted history and open days.
Primary · 153
Abbey CofE Academy
Ofsted · Good
Abington Vale Primary School
Ofsted · Good
All Saints CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ashby Fields Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Ashton CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Badby School
Ofsted · Good
Barby Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Barry Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Blackthorn Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Blakesley Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Blisworth Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Boddington Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Boothville Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Boughton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bracken Leas Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Brackley Church of England Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Braunston Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery
Ofsted · Outstanding
Bridgewater Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Brington Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Brixworth CofE VC Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Buckton Fields Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bugbrooke Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Byfield School
Ofsted · Good
Caroline Chisholm School
Ofsted · Good
Castle Academy
Ofsted · Good
Cedar Road Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Chiltern Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Chipping Warden Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Cogenhoe Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Collingtree Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Cosgrove Village Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Crick Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Croughton All Saints CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Culworth Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
DSLV E-ACT Academy
Ofsted · Good
Deanshanger Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Delapre Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Denton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Duston Eldean Primary School
Ofsted · Good
E-ACT The Grange School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Earl Spencer Primary School
Ofsted · Good
East Haddon Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
East Hunsbury Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Eastfield Academy
Ofsted · Good
Ecton Brook Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Falconer's Hill Academy
Ofsted · Good
Falconer's Hill Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Farthinghoe Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Flore Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Gayton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Greatworth Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Green Oaks Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Greens Norton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Guilsborough Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hackleton CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hardingstone Academy
Ofsted · Good
Harlestone Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Harpole Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hartwell Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Headlands Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Helmdon Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hopping Hill Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Hunsbury Park Primary School
Not judged yet
John Hellins Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Kilsby Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kings Heath Primary Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
Kings Sutton Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Kingsley Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kingsthorpe Village Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kislingbury Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Lings Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Little Houghton Church of England Primary
Ofsted · Good
Long Buckby Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Long Buckby Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Lumbertubs Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Lyncrest Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Maidwell Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School
Ofsted · Good
Marie Weller Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Middleton Cheney Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Millway Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Milton Parochial Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary School
Not judged yet
Moulton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Naseby Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Newnham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Northampton International Academy
Ofsted · Not judged
Old Stratford Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Overstone Gate Primary School
Not judged yet
Overstone Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Parklands Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Pattishall Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Paulerspury Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Pineham Barns Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Pitsford Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Preston Hedges Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Queen Eleanor Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Rectory Farm Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Roade Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Silverstone Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Simon de Senlis Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Spratton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Spring Lane Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Andrew's Ceva Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St James Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St James Infant School
Ofsted · Good
St Loys Church of England Primary Academy, Weedon Lois
Ofsted · Good
St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls
Ofsted · Good
Standens Barn Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Stimpson Avenue Academy
Ofsted · Good
Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sunnyside Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted · Good
The Abbey Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Arbours Primary Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
The Bliss Charity School
Ofsted · Good
The Bramptons Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Duston School
Ofsted · Good
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
The Radstone Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Thorplands Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Towcester Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Upton Meadows Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Vernon Terrace Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Walgrave Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Waynflete Infants' School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Weedon Bec Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School
Ofsted · Good
Welton Church of England Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Weston Favell CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Whitehills Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Whittlebury Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Woodland View Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Woodvale Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Wootton Park School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Wootton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Yardley Hastings Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Yelvertoft Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Secondary · 23
Abbeyfield School
Ofsted · Good
Campion School
Ofsted · Good
Caroline Chisholm School
Ofsted · Good
Chenderit School
Ofsted · Good
DSLV E-ACT Academy
Ofsted · Good
Elizabeth Woodville School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Guilsborough Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Kingsthorpe College
Ofsted · Good
Magdalen College School
Ofsted · Good
Malcolm Arnold Academy
Ofsted · Good
Moulton School and Science College
Ofsted · Good
Northampton Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
Northampton International Academy
Ofsted · Not judged
Northampton School
Not judged yet
Northampton School for Boys
Ofsted · Outstanding
Northampton School for Girls
Ofsted · Good
Silverstone UTC
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Sponne School
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Thomas Becket Catholic School
Ofsted · Good
The Duston School
Ofsted · Good
The Parker E-ACT Academy
Ofsted · Good
Weston Favell Academy
Ofsted · Good
Wootton Park School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Special & other · 29
Akeley Wood Junior School
Not judged yet
Billing Brook Special School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Bosworth Independent School
Not judged yet
Cambian Northampton School
Ofsted · Good
Cambian Potterspury Lodge School
Ofsted · Good
Daventry Hill School
Ofsted · Good
Edgewood School
Not judged yet
Fairfields School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Greenfields Specialist School for Communication
Ofsted · Good
Hampton Bridge School
Not judged yet
Kings Meadow School
Ofsted · Good
Moulton College
Ofsted · Good
Northampton College
Ofsted · Good
Northampton High School GDST
Not judged yet
Northgate School Academy Trust
Ofsted · Outstanding
On Track Education Northampton
Ofsted · Good
On Track Education Silverstone
Ofsted · Good
Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton Campus
Not judged yet
Overstone Park School
Not judged yet
Pitsford School
Not judged yet
Progress Schools - Northamptonshire
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Purple Oaks Academy
Ofsted · Good
Quinton House School
Not judged yet
Spratton Hall School
Not judged yet
St Andrew's College
Ofsted · Good
The Gateway School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Tiffield Academy
Not judged yet
WiEducate LTD
Not judged yet
Winchester House School
Not judged yet
02 / HOW APPLYING WORKS HERE
One form, through West Northamptonshire.
If you live in West Northamptonshire, you apply through the council’s own portal — even for schools in another council’s area.
Preferences
List as many schools as the form allows — you’ll see the limit when you start your application. Rank in your true order; schools never see it.
Own-criteria schools
Some West Northamptonshire secondaries are academies or faith schools that set their own entry criteria — check each school’s page for extra forms before the deadline.
Plain-English guides
Primary admissions, explained
The 15 January deadline and how Reception offers work.
Secondary admissions, explained
The 31 October deadline and the traps that come earlier.
How school appeals work
Your right to appeal, and honest odds of success.
Waiting lists, explained
How they're ordered, and why positions move both ways.
03 / NEARBY
Looking across the border?
Families near West Northamptonshire often also shortlist schools in these neighbouring council areas.