The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
Kingsland Gardens, Northampton, NN2 7BH
282 pupils · 67% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
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- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Free school meals
- 19%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 March 2025, published 2 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 57% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.03 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 30 | 60 | 29 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 20 | 19 | 30 | 19 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 25 | 23 | 46 | 24 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 33 | 65 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 18 | 17 | 36 | 18 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 26 | 25 | 39 | 25 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 25 | 22 | 41 | 24 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 33 | 31 | 54 | 31 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School 0.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School 0.6 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Green Oaks Primary Academy 0.7 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Kingsley Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Earl Spencer Primary School 1.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.