The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold
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Academy converter in Nottingham, NG5 4LT, taking ages 3 to 11, 454 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold lived 2.697 miles away, according to Nottinghamshire. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 2.697 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | Roman Catholic |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 454 pupils in 351 places (129% full, over capacity) |
| Trust | OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Nottinghamshire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Meeting the expected standard | 74.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 74.0% |
| 2023/24 | 69.0% |
| 2022/23 | 69.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold
| Girls and boys | 50.0% girls, 50.0% boys |
| English as an additional language | 21.1% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 8.4% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school →
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 2.697 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is NG3 at £165,000; the dearest, NG4, £225,500. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG3 | Nottingham | 1.6 mi | £165,000 138 sales |
| NG4 | Gedling | 2.0 mi | £225,500 109 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around NG5: ages, selection, and how full each one is →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold?
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 2.697 miles away, per Nottinghamshire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 2.697 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 129% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Nottinghamshire school's distance
All Nottinghamshire schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
Admission distance published by Nottinghamshire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arno Vale Junior School | Primary | 0.55 mi 2025/26 | 0.3 mi |
| Ernehale Junior School | Primary | 2.74 mi 2025/26 | 0.3 mi |
| Woodthorpe Infant School | Primary | 0.72 mi 2025/26 | 0.3 mi |
| Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 0.88 mi 2025/26 | 0.4 mi |
| Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2.42 mi 2025/26 | 1.1 mi |
| Haddon Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 0.66 mi 2025/26 | 1.5 mi |