St Brendan's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Corby, 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 Brendan's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Corby, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Brendan'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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 32 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 39.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.6 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
- Beanfield Avenue, Corby, NN18 0AZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 300 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 39.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Brendan’s Primary are polite and friendly.”
- “They conduct themselves very well around school.”
- “Staff have high expectations for all pupils.”
To improve
- “In 2022, however, pupils’ progress and attainment at the end of key stage 2 did not yet reflect the impact of the improvements that the school has made to the curriculum.”
- “However, assessment procedures are not fully developed across all subjects and classes.”
- “Sometimes, teachers do not identify misconceptions and gaps in pupils’ knowledge or enable pupils to deepen their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 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) | 37% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 32 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.
- Beanfield Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodnewton- A Learning Community 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hazel Leys Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Studfall Junior Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Kingswood Primary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corby 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Studfall Infant Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published