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Our Lady's Catholic Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 303Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 148339URN

Henshaw Road, Wellingborough, NN8 2BE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.4 below North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Northamptonshire

47 applications for 27 places · 62nd of 83 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
47%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 31 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
0.4 below North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

47 applications · 27 places offered · 27 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.5; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.5; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 0 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median

Dashed bars: as Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Wellingborough (URN 122049), Our Lady's Catholic Junior School (URN 122046), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202627471.7271.00
Sep 202521412.0211.00
Sep 202427451.7260.96
Sep 202320351.8190.95
Sep 202234531.6320.94
Sep 202141621.5380.93
Sep 2020 *48711.5440.92
Sep 2019 *50671.3460.92
Sep 2018 *54851.6480.89
Sep 2017 *59951.6510.86
Sep 2016 *601342.2611.02
Sep 2015 *601292.2550.92
Sep 2014 *591212.1530.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 62% · Writing 70% · Maths 55% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%78th of 90 in North Northamptonshire
Reading
Expected standard62%
Higher standard22%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard70%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard55%
Higher standard12%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2547%0%103101
2023/2456%2%103102
2022/2354%9%102102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148339 · 940/2246
Trust
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust Ltd
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
420 pupils · 303 on roll
Free school meals
26.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2021
Replaced
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Wellingborough (URN 122049); Our Lady's Catholic Junior School (URN 122046)
Address
Henshaw Road, Wellingborough, NN8 2BE
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources