St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Kettering

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades St Edward's Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have ensured there is a highly inclusive culture across the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils learn the curriculum well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders at all levels take a proactive, systematic and targeted approach to improving pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school has a well-sequenced and progressive curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years benefit from strong, positive relationships with adults."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "School leaders, the trust and diocese share the ambition for pupils to thrive."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development and well-being offer for pupils is well considered."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to develop their focus to improve the quality of pupils' writing. They should check there are consistently high expectations of pupils' handwriting, spelling, grammar and punctuation across the curriculum so that pupils continually improve their writing skills"; "Leaders should continue to develop their wider curriculum enrichment offer, taking the school's context and pupils' aspirations into consideration. They should continue to make sure that this is an entitlement for all pupils, including those who face barriers to learning and/or wellbeing".

In its own words: "As a community of learners; the staff, Governors and children continually reflect on our standards and achievements and then strive to reach even greater heights. Every child within our school will be supported and challenged to be the "best you can be"."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care until 5:00pm.

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at St Edward's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 73% in North Northamptonshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 57% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put St Edward's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Edward's Catholic Primary School are Millbrook Infant School (0.5 miles, Good); Millbrook Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 72% reading, 65% maths); Compass Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 69% reading, 74% maths); and Greenfields Primary School and Nursery (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 85% maths).

St Edward's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

St Edward's Catholic Primary School is one of 12 schools run by Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust Ltd, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

20 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Edward's Catholic Primary School (as of April 2026): 80% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

13.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 39.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (38%), Black (19%) and Asian (15%).

St Edward's Catholic Primary School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 24 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Kettering Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is (Kettering) Tresham Institute (after), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Edward's Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

St Edward's Catholic Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to St Edward's Catholic Primary School are Southfield School for Girls (0.4 miles), Kettering Science Academy (0.7 miles), The Latimer Arts College (0.8 miles) and Bishop Stopford School (0.8 miles).