The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Northampton, 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 🔒
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Good Shepherd 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 |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Northamptonshire.
- The school has 27.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 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
- Kingsland Gardens, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 7BH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 282 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School.”
- “The school’s ‘virtues’ of faith, hope, forgiveness, love and trust are tangible and lived throughout the school.”
- “Pupils feel valued, listened to and safe.”
To improve
- “However, this is not done consistently well in some other subjects.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not build their knowledge as securely as they could.”
- “However, in some subjects, the school does not have a secure understanding of how well pupils are learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 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) | 57% | 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, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Earl Spencer Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sunnyside Primary Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kings Heath Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published