Schools in Daventry
Northamptonshire · West Northamptonshire · 18 schools
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Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to West Northamptonshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Year 7 offers for September 2027: Monday 1 March 2027
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Schools in Daventry (18)
- Welton Church of England Academy
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Ofsted: Outstanding (2022)New report cardKS2: 90% expected (2025) - Ashby Fields Primary School
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Ofsted: Good (2015)KS2: 79% expected (2025) - Boddington Church of England Primary Academy
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Ofsted: Good (2012)New report card - Braunston Church of England Primary School
Primary · Ages 4-11 · NN11 7HF
Ofsted: Good (2014)KS2: 59% expected (2025)90% of first choices got in - St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls
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Ofsted: Good (2014)KS2: 57% expected (2025) - Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School
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Ofsted: Good (2012)KS2: 80% expected (2025)88% of first choices got in - The Parker E-ACT Academy
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Ofsted: Good (2021)Attainment 8: 40.1 (2026) - Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Ages 2-11 · NN11 3RQ
Ofsted: Good (2019)KS2: 75% expected (2025) - Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary School
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79% of first choices got in
By type:Primary schools in Daventry (15)Special schools in Daventry (1)Secondary schools in Daventry (1)All-through schools in Daventry (1)
18
15 primary · 1 secondary
5,083
86% capacity used
4
0 outstanding · 4 good
5,883
800 spare places
Ofsted Ratings
Best Schools in Daventry
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Area Performance (2026)
Attainment 8
38.1
GCSE Eng+Maths
26.8%
School Capacity & Demand
Primary Schools
84% occupied · 524 spare places
Secondary Schools
94% occupied · 78 spare places
Future school places: DfE estimates
Daventry's primary schools are in 2 DfE planning areas; DfE does not publish a figure for the town itself.
- 12 of Daventry's schools: DfE estimates the Daventry planning area (West Northamptonshire) will have 285 spare primary places in 2027/28.
- 4 of Daventry's schools: DfE estimates the Chenderit planning area (West Northamptonshire) will have 537 spare primary places in 2027/28.
All 2 of Daventry's secondary schools in DfE's capacity survey are in one DfE planning area.
DfE estimates the Daventry Sec planning area (West Northamptonshire) will have 241 spare secondary places in 2027/28.
Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics
Questions parents ask about schools in Daventry
How many schools are there in Daventry?
Daventry has 18 open schools: 15 state primary, 2 state secondary or all-through and 1 special.
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Which schools in Daventry are rated Outstanding?
1 school in Daventry was rated Outstanding at its most recent graded Ofsted inspection: Welton Church of England Academy. Counting Good as well, 100% of the 16 graded schools here are rated Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.
Welton Church of England Academy
Source: Ofsted
Which secondary schools in Daventry get the best GCSE results?
Of the 2 schools in Daventry with 2026 GCSE results, the highest Attainment 8 scores - the average grade across a pupil's best eight GCSEs - were at The Parker E-ACT Academy, with an Attainment 8 score of 40.1 and 33% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; and DSLV E-ACT Academy, with an Attainment 8 score of 36.1 and 21% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above. Progress 8, the DfE's value-added measure, was not published for 2026.
The Parker E-ACT AcademyDSLV E-ACT Academy
Source: DfE school performance data
Which primary schools in Daventry have the best SATs results?
Of the 12 primary schools in Daventry with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at Welton Church of England Academy (90% in reading, 90% in maths); Newnham Primary School (91% in reading, 73% in maths); and Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School (80% in reading, 80% in maths). Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.
Welton Church of England AcademyNewnham Primary SchoolStaverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School
Source: DfE school performance data
Are there grammar schools in Daventry?
No. None of the state secondary schools in Daventry selects pupils by ability, so every state secondary here is comprehensive.
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Do schools in Daventry have catchment areas?
Most state schools in Daventry have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, West Northamptonshire allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.
How do I apply for a school place in Daventry?
Apply to West Northamptonshire through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.