What schools serve Northampton?

There are 142 schools in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, including Gloucester Nursery School, Wallace Road Nursery School, Whitehills Nursery School, Parklands Nursery School, Blisworth Community Primary School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Northampton?

Northampton has 101 primary schools and 12 secondary schools. There are also 29 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Northampton?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Northampton, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Northampton schools are set by West Northamptonshire and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the West Northamptonshire admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Northampton?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Northampton are set by West Northamptonshire as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Northampton

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Northampton has 142 schools, the majority (137) under West Northamptonshire Council, which was formed in 2021 when Northamptonshire County Council was restructured. A small number of schools at the edges of the Northampton area fall within North Northamptonshire. West Northamptonshire covers not just Northampton but also Daventry and Towcester.

West Northamptonshire uses straight-line distance as the primary tiebreaker for community schools. Popular primaries in the Kingsthorpe, Hunsbury and Duston suburbs can be oversubscribed, particularly as Northampton has seen significant housing growth in recent years. Families in newly built estates should check whether new schools have been planned or whether existing schools have expanded to serve the area.

Northamptonshire does not operate grammar schools at secondary level. Families moving into the Northampton area from counties with selective systems should note that admissions are purely comprehensive. West Northamptonshire Council publishes its secondary school allocation guidance each autumn.

School demand in Northampton

Across the 128 schools in Northampton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 87%. 32 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

34 schools in Northampton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

74 of the schools in Northampton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of West Northamptonshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

71 of the schools in Northampton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 67 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Northampton: 20 oversubscribed (101)

Blisworth Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN7 3DD

Ages 4-11 159 pupils Capacity 210

Brington Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN7 4HX

Ages 4-11 47 pupils Capacity 70

Bugbrooke Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN7 3PA

Ages 4-11 218 pupils Capacity 240

The Bramptons Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 8AW

Ages 4-11 94 pupils Capacity 98

Crick Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 7TU

Ages 4-11 193 pupils Capacity 210

Denton Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN7 1DT

Ages 3-11 92 pupils Capacity 144

Harlestone Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN7 4EN

Ages 4-11 58 pupils Capacity 56

Long Buckby Junior School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 7PX

Ages 7-11 169 pupils Capacity 216

Long Buckby Infant School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 7RE

Ages 4-7 140 pupils Capacity 162

Maidwell Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 9JF

Ages 4-11 65 pupils Capacity 70

Overstone Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 0AG

Ages 4-11 207 pupils Capacity 210

Pitsford Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 9AU

Ages 4-11 73 pupils Capacity 73

Roade Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN7 2NT

Ages 3-11 299 pupils Capacity 420

Walgrave Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 9PH

Ages 4-11 132 pupils Capacity 210

Yardley Hastings Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN7 1EL

Ages 3-11 115 pupils Capacity 120

Yelvertoft Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN6 6LH

Ages 4-11 94 pupils Capacity 120

Earl Spencer Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN5 7DE

Ages 4-11 391 pupils Capacity 420

Vernon Terrace Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN1 5HE

Ages 3-11 238 pupils Capacity 264

Lyncrest Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN5 5PE

Ages 3-11 236 pupils Capacity 210

Chiltern Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN5 6BW

Ages 4-11 177 pupils Capacity 420

Whitehills Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN2 8DF

Ages 4-11 417 pupils Capacity 420

Hopping Hill Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN5 6DT

Ages 3-11 446 pupils Capacity 420

Boothville Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN3 6JG

Ages 3-11 649 pupils Capacity 630

Barry Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN1 5JS

Ages 3-11 450 pupils Capacity 420

Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN2 7QL

Ages 3-11 478 pupils Capacity 478

Duston Eldean Primary School

Primary · Community school

Northampton · NN5 6PP

Ages 4-11 418 pupils Capacity 420