St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Daventry, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls is a primary school in Daventry, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 2026 Reception entry drew 6 first-choice applications for 7 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 5 of the 17 applications (29%) came from families living outside West Northamptonshire, and 2 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility is 17.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 9.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Main Street, Aston-le-Walls, Daventry, NN11 6UF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 81 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “St Mary’s is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “As one parent typically stated: ‘It’s like a little family.”
- “Leaders ensure the school’s ‘golden threads; resilience, independence, well-being, culture, the arts, initiative, possibilities, oracy, reflection’ weave throughout the curriculum.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, subject leaders are not aware of how effectively their subject is being implemented.”
- “However, in a few subjects, these systems to check what pupils know and remember are not yet well established.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 29% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 6 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Northamptonshire.
- Chipping Warden Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Byfield School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Boddington Church of England Primary Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Culworth Church of England Primary Academy 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy 4.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Middleton Cheney Primary Academy 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greatworth Primary School 6.2 mi Not judged Last distance published