St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Kettering, North Northamptonshire·NN16 0JH
Composite score
55.2
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#5,407
National rank
#418
In East Midlands
#21
In North Northamptonshire
Top 37%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 32 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 32 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7520220.7120231.0520240.8120250.842026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
262
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
44.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,645
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 262 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 37% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 22.0 pupils per teacher. St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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