St Edward's Catholic 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 Edward's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Edward's Catholic 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
- In 2026 every applicant for a Reception place was offered one, as at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- It has 29.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
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
- Eastleigh Road, Kettering, NN15 6PT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “The school’s mission statement, ‘Let all you do be done in love', is meaningfully embodied throughout the life of the school.”
- “Staff and pupils enact this through their behaviours.”
- “St Edward’s school is a safe and welcoming place.”
To improve
- “Leaders are continuing their work to ensure that disadvantaged pupils consistently achieve well in all areas.”
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in pupils’ accurate use of handwriting, spelling, punctuation and grammar.”
- “Leaders recognise the need to secure consistently high standards in these areas.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2026 (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) | 73% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 19 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.
- Millbrook Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Millbrook Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Compass Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenfields Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hawthorn Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Barton Seagrave Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grange Primary Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published