Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Wellingborough, 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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Our Lady's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 31 January 2024. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Our Lady'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
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 31 January 2024, was Requires improvement; of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire, 7 are Good and 1 has no current grade.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Henshaw Road, Wellingborough, NN8 2BE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 303 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 31 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils know that adults will listen to any worries or concerns they may have.”
- “They understand that the new school behaviour systems are fair.”
- “The ‘I can and I will’ celebration assemblies help pupils to develop their understanding of how to be a good learner.”
To improve
- “Some pupils do not attend regularly enough to benefit from these developments.”
- “Pupils, particularly the most disadvantaged, do not recall the school’s curriculum with increasing fluency.”
- “However, some of the school’s shared values, policies and systems are not yet fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 2024 (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) | 47% | 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, 27 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.
- Croyland Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas Church of England School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ruskin Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Warwick Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ruskin Academy 0.6 mi Good
- Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy 0.6 mi Not judged
- Olympic Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Avenue Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published