St Edward's Catholic Primary School
Eastleigh Road, Kettering, NN15 6PT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- OUR LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST LTD
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Olsen
- Diocese
- Diocese of Northampton
- Sponsor
- Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust (OLICAT)
- Constituency
- Kettering
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- URN
- 141634
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01536481430
About this school
St Edward's Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic primary academy in Kettering. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 190 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 28 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 50% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 57% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 71% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 75% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Edward's Catholic Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Northamptonshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 191 |
| 2024/25 | 195 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Edward's Catholic Primary School compares
St Edward's Catholic Primary School ranked 16th of 91 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 4.6% | 13.3% | 190 | — |
| Millbrook Infant School | — | 6.2% | 10.1% | 233 | 0.5 miles |
| Millbrook Junior School | 54% | 4.7% | 14.8% | 397 | 0.6 miles |
| Compass Primary Academy | 50% | 7.5% | 31.8% | 403 | 0.6 miles |
| Greenfields Primary School and Nursery | 85% | 4.7% | 24.4% | 481 | 0.7 miles |
| Hawthorn Community Primary School | 69% | 4.3% | 22.8% | 312 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 March 2026
- 30 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.33%
- English as an additional language
- 40.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.62%
- Persistent absence
- 11.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Millbrook Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Millbrook Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Compass Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Greenfields Primary School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Kettering
-
Hawthorn Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Kettering
Other schools in Kettering
St Edward's Catholic Primary School ranks 7th of the 35 ranked primary schools in Kettering.
- Barton Seagrave Primary School Primary
- Brambleside Primary School Primary
- Brigstock Latham's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broughton Primary School Primary
- Compass Primary Academy Primary
- Cranford CofE Primary School Primary
- Geddington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grange Primary Academy Primary
- Great Addington CofE Primary School Primary
- Greenfields Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Hall Meadow Primary School Primary
- Havelock Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Edward's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Kettering.
- Who is the headteacher of St Edward's Catholic Primary School?
- The headteacher of St Edward's Catholic Primary School is Mrs Victoria Olsen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Edward's Catholic Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Edward's Catholic Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St Edward's Catholic Primary School?
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School has 190 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is St Edward's Catholic Primary School full?
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 190 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Edward's Catholic Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. St Edward's Catholic Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Northampton.
- Does St Edward's Catholic Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Edward's Catholic Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs St Edward's Catholic Primary School?
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School is part of OUR LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have St Edward's Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Edward's Catholic Primary School rank locally?
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School ranked 16th of 91 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Edward's Catholic Primary School's absence rate?
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Edward's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Edward's Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.