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Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Henshaw Road, Wellingborough NN8 2BE · ourladyscatholic.northants.sch.uk · 01933 224900
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 47%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Northamptonshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · North Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 303
- 72% of 420 places
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 26.7%
- First language not English
- 40.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: North Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 34 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across North Northamptonshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼47% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 122049)
Ofsted
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 31 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 31 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 122049), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122049)
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122049)
Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122049)
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 32
- 9% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied