West Northamptonshire school admissions

For a September 2027 start, secondary applications close on 31 Oct 2026 and primary applications on 15 Jan 2027. Always confirm details on the council's own admissions page.

How to apply

Apply online through the council where you live, naming several schools in order of preference — including schools in other council areas. Every preference is considered equally against each school's admission criteria, and you're offered the highest-ranked school that can offer you a place.

We haven't yet confirmed the council's admissions page link.

GOV.UK: School admissions

Key dates for September 2027

Secondary applications close	31 Oct 2026	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Primary (reception) applications close	15 Jan 2027	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Secondary national offer day	1 Mar 2027	1 March or next working day
Primary national offer day	16 Apr 2027	16 April or next working day

Appeals

The council hasn't published a single appeal date we've confirmed. By law you must have at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter.

Source: School Admissions Code and School Admission Appeals Code (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Applications and offers by school, 2026/27

Catchment areas and admission decisions are made by the school's admissions authority (the local council or, for academies and many faith schools, the school or trust). Distances and past figures don't guarantee a place.

Secondary schools (22)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abbeyfield School	227	306	114	114	1.3 per offer
Campion School	235	471	151	151	2.0 per offer
Caroline Chisholm School	210	537	156	139	2.6 per offer
Chenderit School	166	443	229	161	2.7 per offer
DSLV E-ACT Academy	89	158	75	75	1.8 per offer
Elizabeth Woodville School	99	159	94	94	1.6 per offer
Guilsborough Academy	211	347	159	159	1.6 per offer
Kingsthorpe College	235	376	175	175	1.6 per offer
Magdalen College School	211	248	173	173	1.2 per offer
Malcolm Arnold Academy	235	472	166	166	2.0 per offer
Moulton School and Science College	250	608	162	157	2.4 per offer
Northampton Academy	283	1065	459	264	3.8 per offer
Northampton International Academy	147	167	72	72	1.1 per offer
Northampton School	209	1028	309	170	4.9 per offer
Northampton School for Boys	218	981	571	206	4.5 per offer
Northampton School for Girls	262	645	262	211	2.5 per offer
Sponne School	220	328	214	207	1.5 per offer
St Thomas Becket Catholic School	178	353	77	77	2.0 per offer
The Duston School	262	562	313	238	2.1 per offer
The Parker E-ACT Academy	186	226	172	172	1.2 per offer
Weston Favell Academy	259	480	150	150	1.9 per offer
Wootton Park School	112	996	301	98	8.9 per offer

Primary schools (148)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abington Vale Primary School	20	83	19	19	4.2 per offer
All Saints CofE VA Primary School	51	77	50	50	1.5 per offer
Ashby Fields Primary School	55	100	49	49	1.8 per offer
Ashton CofE Primary School	3	15	3	3	5.0 per offer
Badby School	17	31	17	17	1.8 per offer
Barby Church of England Primary School	14	26	14	14	1.9 per offer
Barry Primary School	60	131	56	55	2.2 per offer
Blackthorn Primary School	13	25	13	13	1.9 per offer
Blakesley Church of England Primary School	12	20	12	12	1.7 per offer
Blisworth Community Primary School	22	42	21	21	1.9 per offer
Boddington Church of England Primary Academy	6	12	3	3	2.0 per offer
Boothville Primary School	40	108	39	39	2.7 per offer
Boughton Primary School	28	103	26	26	3.7 per offer
Bracken Leas Primary School	59	153	82	56	2.6 per offer
Braunston Church of England Primary School	29	60	31	28	2.1 per offer
Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery	59	110	56	55	1.9 per offer
Bridgewater Primary School	84	162	79	79	1.9 per offer
Brington Primary School	9	21	9	9	2.3 per offer
Brixworth CofE VC Primary School	68	82	68	68	1.2 per offer
Buckton Fields Primary School	59	142	69	59	2.4 per offer
Bugbrooke Community Primary School	26	37	26	26	1.4 per offer
Byfield School	14	20	14	14	1.4 per offer
Caroline Chisholm School	51	141	46	46	2.8 per offer
Castle Academy	54	94	53	53	1.7 per offer
Cedar Road Primary School	38	94	38	38	2.5 per offer
Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy	9	23	9	9	2.6 per offer
Chiltern Primary School	3	46	3	3	15.3 per offer
Chipping Warden Primary Academy	15	27	17	15	1.8 per offer
Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School	15	27	18	15	1.8 per offer
Cogenhoe Primary School	28	47	27	27	1.7 per offer
Collingtree Church of England Primary School	13	22	12	12	1.7 per offer
Cosgrove Village Primary School	4	13	3	3	3.3 per offer
Crick Primary School	21	40	20	20	1.9 per offer
Croughton All Saints CofE Primary School	11	19	6	6	1.7 per offer
Culworth Church of England Primary Academy	15	34	18	14	2.3 per offer
Deanshanger Primary School	21	30	21	21	1.4 per offer
Delapre Primary School	58	106	56	54	1.8 per offer
Denton Primary School	4	17	4	4	4.3 per offer
DSLV E-ACT Academy	26	31	26	26	1.2 per offer
Duston Eldean Primary School	60	143	65	60	2.4 per offer
E-ACT The Grange School	28	40	28	28	1.4 per offer
Earl Spencer Primary School	44	78	43	43	1.8 per offer
East Haddon Church of England Primary School	12	31	15	12	2.6 per offer
East Hunsbury Primary School	59	134	51	51	2.3 per offer
Eastfield Academy	23	38	23	23	1.7 per offer
Ecton Brook Primary School	44	65	43	43	1.5 per offer
Falconer's Hill Infant School	51	84	49	49	1.6 per offer
Farthinghoe Primary School	7	20	6	5	2.9 per offer
Flore Church of England Primary School	7	23	7	7	3.3 per offer
Gayton Church of England Primary School	10	14	9	9	1.4 per offer
Greatworth Primary School	15	30	14	13	2.0 per offer
Green Oaks Primary Academy	15	42	15	15	2.8 per offer
Greens Norton Church of England Primary School	16	32	16	16	2.0 per offer
Guilsborough Church of England Primary School	11	21	10	10	1.9 per offer
Hackleton CofE Primary School	27	39	27	27	1.4 per offer
Hardingstone Academy	21	45	16	16	2.1 per offer
Harlestone Primary School	6	35	5	5	5.8 per offer
Harpole Primary School	30	67	30	29	2.2 per offer
Hartwell Primary School	30	55	33	30	1.8 per offer
Headlands Primary School	43	100	42	42	2.3 per offer
Helmdon Primary School	18	43	19	18	2.4 per offer
Hopping Hill Primary School	44	85	43	43	1.9 per offer
Hunsbury Park Primary School	26	72	24	24	2.8 per offer
John Hellins Primary School	29	74	39	28	2.6 per offer
Kilsby Church of England Primary School	20	40	15	15	2.0 per offer
Kings Heath Primary Academy	39	55	38	38	1.4 per offer
Kings Sutton Primary Academy	20	37	20	18	1.9 per offer
Kingsley Primary School	46	73	46	46	1.6 per offer
Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School	53	125	52	52	2.4 per offer
Kingsthorpe Village Primary School	30	80	29	27	2.7 per offer
Kislingbury Primary School	21	43	21	21	2.0 per offer
Lings Primary School	37	68	37	37	1.8 per offer
Little Houghton Church of England Primary	9	15	8	8	1.7 per offer
Long Buckby Infant School	42	55	42	42	1.3 per offer
Lumbertubs Primary School	20	38	20	20	1.9 per offer
Lyncrest Primary School	21	49	21	21	2.3 per offer
Maidwell Primary School	7	15	7	7	2.1 per offer
Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School	44	83	43	43	1.9 per offer
Marie Weller Primary School	57	111	55	55	1.9 per offer
Middleton Cheney Primary Academy	46	63	46	46	1.4 per offer
Millway Primary School	27	77	26	26	2.9 per offer
Milton Parochial Primary School	6	12	4	4	2.0 per offer
Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary School	28	80	34	27	2.9 per offer
Moulton Primary School	82	124	67	67	1.5 per offer
Naseby Church of England Primary Academy	8	17	8	8	2.1 per offer
Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School	11	23	9	9	2.1 per offer
Newnham Primary School	10	29	10	10	2.9 per offer
Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School	59	114	54	54	1.9 per offer
Northampton International Academy	10	26	10	10	2.6 per offer
Old Stratford Primary School	22	63	22	22	2.9 per offer
Overstone Gate Primary School	28	119	66	27	4.3 per offer
Overstone Primary School	29	120	28	20	4.1 per offer
Parklands Primary School	56	85	54	54	1.5 per offer
Pattishall Church of England Primary School	29	49	33	29	1.7 per offer
Paulerspury Church of England Primary School	7	16	4	4	2.3 per offer
Pineham Barns Primary School	58	128	68	53	2.2 per offer
Pitsford Primary School	11	39	11	11	3.5 per offer
Preston Hedges Primary School	60	147	66	56	2.5 per offer
Queen Eleanor Primary Academy	29	75	33	29	2.6 per offer
Rectory Farm Primary School	21	32	21	21	1.5 per offer
Roade Primary School	48	65	47	47	1.4 per offer
Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary School	8	17	8	8	2.1 per offer
Silverstone Church of England Primary School	30	71	37	29	2.4 per offer
Simon de Senlis Primary School	58	160	61	53	2.8 per offer
Spratton Church of England Primary School	8	16	7	7	2.0 per offer
Spring Lane Primary School	41	77	40	40	1.9 per offer
St Andrew's Ceva Primary School	15	34	15	15	2.3 per offer
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School	28	54	28	28	1.9 per offer
St James Church of England Primary School	59	85	60	59	1.4 per offer
St James Infant School	45	79	45	45	1.8 per offer
St Luke's Church of England Primary School	49	90	45	45	1.8 per offer
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	12	28	12	12	2.3 per offer
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls	7	17	6	6	2.4 per offer
Standens Barn Primary School	43	53	43	43	1.2 per offer
Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School	15	34	17	15	2.3 per offer
Stimpson Avenue Academy	46	83	44	44	1.8 per offer
Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School	8	17	7	7	2.1 per offer
Sunnyside Primary Academy	22	56	22	22	2.5 per offer
Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery	10	33	9	9	3.3 per offer
The Abbey Primary School	24	44	22	22	1.8 per offer
The Arbours Primary Academy	38	104	37	37	2.7 per offer
The Bliss Charity School	18	41	17	17	2.3 per offer
The Bramptons Primary School	13	52	10	10	4.0 per offer
The Duston School	56	131	53	53	2.3 per offer
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School	29	60	30	28	2.1 per offer
The Radstone Primary School	59	144	63	52	2.4 per offer
Thorplands Primary School	25	38	24	24	1.5 per offer
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	1	9	1	1	9.0 per offer
Towcester Church of England Primary School	18	69	17	17	3.8 per offer
Upton Meadows Primary School	32	63	27	27	2.0 per offer
Vernon Terrace Primary School	29	66	28	28	2.3 per offer
Walgrave Primary School	17	25	16	16	1.5 per offer
Waynflete Infants' School	45	69	31	31	1.5 per offer
Weedon Bec Primary School	25	30	25	25	1.2 per offer
Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School	9	15	9	9	1.7 per offer
Welton Church of England Academy	15	49	13	13	3.3 per offer
West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School	26	46	26	26	1.8 per offer
Weston Favell CofE Primary School	60	120	60	60	2.0 per offer
Whitehills Primary School	54	111	49	49	2.1 per offer
Whittlebury Church of England Primary School	11	31	11	10	2.8 per offer
Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy	18	21	16	16	1.2 per offer
Woodland View Primary School	48	64	44	44	1.3 per offer
Woodvale Primary Academy	49	71	46	46	1.4 per offer
Wootton Park School	60	209	94	58	3.5 per offer
Wootton Primary School	28	117	24	22	4.2 per offer
Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary School	8	16	7	7	2.0 per offer
Yardley Hastings Primary School	10	28	10	10	2.8 per offer
Yelvertoft Primary School	13	18	13	13	1.4 per offer

Source: DfE secondary and primary school applications and offers (Open Government Licence v3.0).

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Questions

When is the West Northamptonshire secondary school application deadline?

31 October for a September start, set nationally by the School Admissions Code. Late applications are usually considered only after on-time ones.

How long do I have to appeal?

Admission authorities must give you at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter (usually offer day). Many councils publish a specific date — use the council's date where shown.

Does this page tell me my chance of getting a place?

No. Places depend on each school's oversubscription criteria, which change every year. Only the admissions authority decides.