Caroline Chisholm School

Academy converterAll-throughAges 4–18MixedSixth form

Wooldale Centre for Learning, Wootton Fields, Northampton, NN4 6TP

Principal · Mr Chris Bishop

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 15 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils2,049Capacity 2,002

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 21 May 2025

TrustCaroline Chisholm Education Trust

Free school meals13%

SEN provisionSEN unit

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 21 May 2025.

Last graded inspection, 21 January 2020:

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through West Northamptonshire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 46 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered51

Applications141

First choice46

First-choice offers46

139 of the 156 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered210

Applications537

First choice156

First-choice offers139

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).