Our Lady's Catholic Primary School

Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School is currently rated as 'Requires Improvement' overall, marking its first inspection under section 5 of the Education Act 2005. The school has experienced a period of significant change in leadership and staffing, which has affected its overall performance. While there have been noteworthy improvements in the early years provision and personal development of pupils, areas such as the quality of education and leadership require further enhancement. The school is under the oversight of Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust, which is working collaboratively to raise expectations and improve outcomes for all students, particularly the most disadvantaged.

Strengths

• Early years provision is of good quality.
• Pupils engage in a wide range of after-school clubs.
• The school fosters pupils’ wider personal development effectively.
• Most pupils know adults will listen to their concerns.
• Staff receive training and development support from the trust.

Areas for Improvement

• The quality of education is inconsistent in curriculum implementation.
• Some pupils do not attend regularly enough, impacting their learning.
• Not all staff address misconceptions effectively in their teaching.
• Shared values, policies, and systems are not fully embedded.

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 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.8% 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, 6.2% of pupils at Our Lady'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 2024–25 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.8). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 67.3% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School received £6,755 and spent £7,184 for each of its 324 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £49,000 (-£151 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 Wellingborough · North Northamptonshire local authority: places and applications

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

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

What is Our Lady's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady's Catholic Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Our Lady's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Our Lady's Catholic Primary School have?

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School has 303 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady's Catholic Primary School cover?

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Our Lady's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady's Catholic Primary School?

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School is at Henshaw Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2BE.