St Edward's Catholic Primary School

St Edward's Catholic Primary School is performing notably well overall, characterized by its strong focus on safeguarding and an inclusive culture. Leaders demonstrate a strong commitment to supporting pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring that they receive tailored support and make good progress. The positive relationships established between staff, pupils, and families contribute to a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and engaged in their learning. While the school has achieved a solid foundation in curriculum delivery and pupil development, there are identified areas for improvement, particularly in writing standards and broader curriculum enrichment.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive culture with strong support for pupils with SEND.
• Effective use of additional funding to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.
• Strong relationships fostered between staff, pupils, and families.
• Effective safeguarding standards that ensure pupils feel safe.
• Well-sequenced curriculum that prepares pupils for future learning.
• Commitment to personal development and well-being of pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in pupils’ handwriting, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
• Need to further develop the wider curriculum enrichment offer.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Edward's Catholic Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St Edward's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Edward's Catholic Primary School had 29.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.2% of pupils at St Edward's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Edward's Catholic Primary School received £6,435 and spent £6,895 for each of its 195 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £96,000 (£494 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust Ltd, income was £7,187 and spending £7,596 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Kettering · North Northamptonshire local authority: places and applications

St Edward's Catholic Primary School is part of Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust Ltd, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Kettering
• Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Wellingborough
• St Brendan's Catholic Primary School Corby
• Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School Corby
• St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton
• St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Northampton
• The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Northampton
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Northampton
• St Thomas More Catholic School Bedford
• St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School Bedford

What is St Edward's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Edward's Catholic Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was St Edward's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Edward's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does St Edward's Catholic Primary School have?

St Edward's Catholic Primary School has 190 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Edward's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Edward's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Edward's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Edward's Catholic Primary School?

St Edward's Catholic Primary School is at Eastleigh Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6PT.