Buckton Fields Primary School
Home Farm Drive, Northampton, NN2 8ES
289 pupils · 69% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- PRESTON HEDGES TRUST
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Free school meals
- 6.2%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 25 June 2024, published 22 July 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 59 | 69 | 142 | 59 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 61 | 75 | 148 | 61 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 44 | 41 | 104 | 44 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 82 | 139 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 49 | 44 | 117 | 49 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Whitehills Primary School 0.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Boughton Primary School 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Sunnyside Primary Academy 1.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School 1.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School 2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.