The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good Mar 4 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Unique reference
- 142742
- Address
- Kingsland Gardens, Kingsthorpe, NN2 7BH
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 272 (64% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.4%
- Girls
- 49.6%
- First language not English
- 41.9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 18.8%
- Persistent absence
- 8.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 12.1%
African 25.4%
Other White 25%
White British 22.4%
Other Black 8.1%
Mixed 7.7%
Indian 6.3%
Irish Traveller 1.5%
Irish 1.1%
Other Asian 1.1%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingBelow average-2.8
WritingAverage-0.8
MathsAverage-0.9
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 59%
Local authority average 62%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 0%
Local authority average 8%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 104
Local authority average 106
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 102
Local authority average 105
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 20
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 19
- 2nd preference
- 6
- 3rd preference
- 5
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 19
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 28.8 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 29.3 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 28.5 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Part-time | 2 1 1 |
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 2 1 1 |
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 1 0 1 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 8 4 4 |
| Reception, Part-time | 2 2 0 |
| Reception, Full-time | 27 15 12 |
| Year 1 | 30 17 13 |
| Year 2 | 29 13 16 |
| Year 3 | 29 14 15 |
| Year 4 | 58 30 28 |
| Year 5 | 55 28 27 |
| Year 6 | 29 12 17 |