St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.390 miles
Published by North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Thomas More Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Thomas More 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 | 0.390 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.390 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 25 North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 4.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 26.5% 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
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary, Northampton Road, Kettering, NN15 7JZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders at St Thomas More ensure the school’s core aims to ‘learn, love, play and pray’ are at the heart of the school.”
- “They guide the curriculum, and staff and pupils reflect on them daily.”
- “They also underpin the school’s approach to ensuring pupils behave well.”
To improve
- “These systems are less well developed in some foundation subjects, and, on occasion, some teachers do not help pupils to address misconceptions or check on learning in their written work as effectively as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 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) | 69% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Hall Meadow Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawthorn Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenfields Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kettering Park Junior Academy 1.0 mi Good
- Kettering Park Infant Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Compass Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published