St Gregory's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school West Northamptonshire·NN3 2AX
Composite score
44.4
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National rank
#795
In East Midlands
#78
In West Northamptonshire
Top 63%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9720240.9520251.002026

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

Every child who put St Gregory's Catholic 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
254
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,135
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Gregory's Catholic Primary School

St Gregory's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in West Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 254 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Gregory's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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