School admissions in Northampton

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

104 schools. 12 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Overstone Gate Primary SchoolNorthampton	2.36	28
Wootton Park SchoolNorthampton	1.57	60
East Haddon Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.25	12
Buckton Fields Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.17	59
Queen Eleanor Primary AcademyNorthampton	1.14	29
Hartwell Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.10	30
Preston Hedges Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.10	60
Duston Eldean Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.08	60
Simon de Senlis Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.05	58
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.03	29
Earls Barton Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.02	58
St James Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.02	59
Ashton CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	3
Blackthorn Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	13
Brington Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	9
Brixworth CofE VC Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	68
Bugbrooke Community Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	26
Cedar Road Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	38
Chiltern Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	3
Denton Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	4
Eastfield AcademyNorthampton	1.00	23
Flore Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	7
Green Oaks Primary AcademyNorthampton	1.00	15
Grendon Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	13
Hackleton CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	27
Harpole Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	30
Kingsley Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	46
Kislingbury Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	21
Lings Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	37
Long Buckby Infant SchoolNorthampton	1.00	42
Lumbertubs Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	20
Lyncrest Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	21
Maidwell Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	7
Naseby Church of England Primary AcademyNorthampton	1.00	8
Northampton International AcademyNorthampton	1.00	10
Pitsford Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	11
Rectory Farm Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	21
Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	8
St Andrew's Ceva Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	15
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	28
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	12
Standens Barn Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	43
Sunnyside Primary AcademyNorthampton	1.00	22
Weedon Bec Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	25
Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed SchoolNorthampton	1.00	9
West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	26
Weston Favell CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	60
Yardley Hastings Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	10
Yelvertoft Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	13
Castle AcademyNorthampton	0.98	54
Kingsthorpe Grove Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.98	53
All Saints CofE VA Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.98	51
Roade Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.98	48
Earl Spencer Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.98	44
Ecton Brook Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.98	44
Hopping Hill Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.98	44
Malcolm Arnold Preparatory SchoolNorthampton	0.98	44
Headlands Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.98	43
Spring Lane Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.98	41
Boothville Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.97	40
Kings Heath Primary AcademyNorthampton	0.97	39
The Arbours Primary AcademyNorthampton	0.97	38
Kingsthorpe Village Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.97	30
Delapre Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.97	58
Overstone Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.97	29
Vernon Terrace Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.97	29
Cogenhoe Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.96	28
Parklands Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.96	56
Millway Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.96	27
Thorplands Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.96	25
Stimpson Avenue AcademyNorthampton	0.96	46
Blisworth Community Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.95	22
Crick Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.95	21
Abington Vale Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.95	20
Briar Hill Primary School & NurseryNorthampton	0.95	59
The Duston SchoolNorthampton	0.95	56
The Bliss Charity SchoolNorthampton	0.94	18
Walgrave Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.94	17
Bridgewater Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.94	84
Woodvale Primary AcademyNorthampton	0.94	49
Barry Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.93	60
Boughton Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.93	28
Collingtree Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.92	13
Hunsbury Park Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.92	26
St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.92	49
The Abbey Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.92	24
Woodland View Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.92	48
Guilsborough Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.91	11
Whitehills Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.91	54
Caroline Chisholm SchoolNorthampton	0.90	51
Gayton Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.90	10
Ecton Village Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.89	9
Little Houghton Church of England PrimaryNorthampton	0.89	9
Mears Ashby Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.88	8
Spratton Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.88	8
East Hunsbury Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.86	59
Wootton Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.86	28
Upton Meadows Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.84	32
Harlestone Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.83	6
Moulton Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.82	82
The Bramptons Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.77	13
Hardingstone AcademyNorthampton	0.76	21
Sywell Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.71	14
Milton Parochial Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.67	6

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

16 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Wootton Park SchoolNorthampton	2.69	112
Northampton School for BoysNorthampton	2.62	218
Northampton AcademyNorthampton	1.62	283
Northampton SchoolNorthampton	1.48	209
The Duston SchoolNorthampton	1.19	262
Northampton School for GirlsNorthampton	1.00	262
Guilsborough AcademyNorthampton	0.75	211
Kingsthorpe CollegeNorthampton	0.74	235
Caroline Chisholm SchoolNorthampton	0.74	210
Malcolm Arnold AcademyNorthampton	0.71	235
Moulton School and Science CollegeNorthampton	0.65	250
Campion SchoolNorthampton	0.64	235
Weston Favell AcademyNorthampton	0.58	259
Abbeyfield SchoolNorthampton	0.50	227
Northampton International AcademyNorthampton	0.49	147
St Thomas Becket Catholic SchoolNorthampton	0.43	178