St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolSt Thomas More Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Kettering.

Summary of the comparison

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Kettering.

  • St Andrew's Church of England Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Thomas More Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Andrew's Church of England Primary School was judged Good and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 63.0% for St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and 69.0% for St Thomas More Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at St Andrew's Church of England Primary School (61.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (75.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School versus St Thomas More Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure KetteringSt Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolKetteringSt Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC62/100C65/100Stronger figure
Local ranking24th of 108 in North Northamptonshire 18th of 108 in North Northamptonshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll356 218
Capacity315 218
LocationKettering, NN16 9DF Kettering, NN15 7JZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard63.0% 69.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard9.0% 16.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census356 218
Free school meals (ever 6)29.7% 5.0%
English as an additional language41.6% 31.2%
SEN support17.1% 10.1%
SEN with an EHC plan6.7% 5.5%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% 4.5% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence16.3% 11.2% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School

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