School admissions in West Northamptonshire

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

148 schools. 24 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
Bracken Leas Primary SchoolBrackley	1.39	59
John Hellins Primary SchoolTowcester	1.34	29
East Haddon Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.25	12
Silverstone Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.23	30
Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary SchoolDaventry	1.21	28
Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	1.20	15
Culworth Church of England Primary AcademyBanbury	1.20	15
Pineham Barns Primary SchoolWest Northamptonshire	1.17	58
Buckton Fields Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.17	59
Pattishall Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.14	29
Queen Eleanor Primary AcademyNorthampton	1.14	29
Chipping Warden Primary AcademyBanbury	1.13	15
Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary SchoolDaventry	1.13	15
Hartwell Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.10	30
Preston Hedges Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.10	60
Duston Eldean Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.08	60
Braunston Church of England Primary SchoolDaventry	1.07	29
The Radstone Primary SchoolBrackley	1.07	59
Helmdon Primary SchoolBrackley	1.06	18
Simon de Senlis Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.05	58
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.03	29
St James Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.02	59
Ashton CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	3
Badby SchoolBadby	1.00	17
Barby Church of England Primary SchoolRugby	1.00	14
Blackthorn Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	13
Blakesley Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.00	12
Brington Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	9
Brixworth CofE VC Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	68
Bugbrooke Community Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	26
Byfield SchoolDaventry	1.00	14
Cedar Road Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	38
Chacombe CEVA Primary AcademyBanbury	1.00	9
Chiltern Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	3
DSLV E-ACT AcademyDaventry	1.00	26
Deanshanger Primary SchoolMilton Keynes	1.00	21
Denton Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	4
E-ACT The Grange SchoolDaventry	1.00	28
Eastfield AcademyNorthampton	1.00	23
Flore Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	7
Green Oaks Primary AcademyNorthampton	1.00	15
Greens Norton Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.00	16
Hackleton CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	27
Harpole Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	30
Kings Sutton Primary AcademyBanbury	1.00	20
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
Middleton Cheney Primary AcademyBanbury	1.00	46
Naseby Church of England Primary AcademyNorthampton	1.00	8
Newnham Primary SchoolDaventry	1.00	10
Northampton International AcademyNorthampton	1.00	10
Old Stratford Primary SchoolMilton Keynes	1.00	22
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 James Infant SchoolDaventry	1.00	45
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	12
Standens Barn Primary SchoolNorthampton	1.00	43
Sunnyside Primary AcademyNorthampton	1.00	22
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTowcester	1.00	1
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
Whittlebury Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.00	11
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
Marie Weller Primary SchoolTowcester	0.96	57
Cogenhoe Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.96	28
Parklands Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.96	56
Millway Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.96	27
Falconer's Hill Infant SchoolDaventry	0.96	51
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
Towcester Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	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
Greatworth Primary SchoolBanbury	0.93	15
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
Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary SchoolTowcester	0.92	59
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
Syresham St James CofE Primary School and NurseryBrackley	0.90	10
Ashby Fields Primary SchoolDaventry	0.89	55
Little Houghton Church of England PrimaryNorthampton	0.89	9
Woodford Halse Church of England Primary AcademyDaventry	0.89	18
Spratton Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.88	8
Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	0.88	8
Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	0.88	8
Welton Church of England AcademyDaventry	0.87	15
East Hunsbury Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.86	59
Farthinghoe Primary SchoolBrackley	0.86	7
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-WallsDaventry	0.86	7
Wootton Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.86	28
Upton Meadows Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.84	32
Harlestone Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.83	6
Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury	0.82	11
Moulton Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.82	82
The Bramptons Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.77	13
Hardingstone AcademyNorthampton	0.76	21
Cosgrove Village Primary SchoolCosgrove	0.75	4
Kilsby Church of England Primary SchoolRugby	0.75	20
Waynflete Infants' SchoolBrackley	0.69	45
Milton Parochial Primary SchoolNorthampton	0.67	6
Paulerspury Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	0.57	7
Croughton All Saints CofE Primary SchoolBrackley	0.55	11
Boddington Church of England Primary AcademyDaventry	0.50	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

21 schools. 6 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
Chenderit SchoolBanbury	1.38	166
The Duston SchoolNorthampton	1.19	262
Northampton School for GirlsNorthampton	1.00	262
Sponne SchoolTowcester	0.97	220
Elizabeth Woodville SchoolMilton Keynes	0.95	99
The Parker E-ACT AcademyDaventry	0.92	186
DSLV E-ACT AcademyDaventry	0.84	89
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