The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Jun 29 2022 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
- 291 (67% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.8%
- Girls
- 51.2%
- First language not English
- 44%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 21.6%
- Persistent absence
- 17.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 6.5%
White British 26.5%
Other White 24.4%
African 19.2%
Other Black 10.3%
Mixed 7.5%
Indian 5.5%
Irish Traveller 2.4%
Irish 1%
Other Asian 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Chinese 0.3%
Other 0.3%
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 50%
Local authority average 62%
England average 61%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 6%
Local authority average 7%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 103
Local authority average 105
England average 105
Average score in maths
School 104
Local authority average 104
England average 104
Local authority average: Year 2023-2024
National average: Year 2023-2024
Admissions
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 25
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 23
- 2nd preference
- 15
- 3rd preference
- 8
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 23
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 27.3 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 29.7 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 26.3 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 13 11 2 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 5 2 3 |
| Reception, Part-time | 13 6 7 |
| Reception, Full-time | 17 12 5 |
| Year 1 | 29 15 14 |
| Year 2 | 30 13 17 |
| Year 3 | 55 26 29 |
| Year 4 | 50 26 24 |
| Year 5 | 32 13 19 |
| Year 6 | 47 18 29 |