The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

GedlingConstituency

NG5 4LTPostcode

7.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 454 pupils. The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold is part of OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

Black

14%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

454

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 454
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Sept 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
4 Nov 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.