St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was the case at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 27 first-choice applications for 32 offers for Reception in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fuller Street, Kettering, NN16 0JH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 257 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are respectful and do their utmost to act with the best intentions.”
- “They are kind, friendly and supportive of each other.”
- “Pupils’ positive behaviour is borne out of warm relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, this is not always the case.”
- “In some subjects, it is sometimes not clear what pupils must learn and what opportunities they have to revisit this learning.”
- “As a result, in these subjects, pupils do not have the basic knowledge they need when learning new topics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2025 (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) | 76% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 27 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 North Northamptonshire.
- Compass Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kettering Park Junior Academy 0.5 mi Good
- Grange Primary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kettering Park Infant Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawthorn Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Millbrook Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Millbrook Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published