St Catherine Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school West Drayton, Hillingdon·UB7 7NX
Composite score
41.8
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National rank
#1486
In London
#45
In Hillingdon
Top 69%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
83%
36 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
83
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1020221.0020231.2020241.3020251.202026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Catherine Catholic Primary School yet. Hillingdon does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
233
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
45.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,253
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Catherine Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving West Drayton, Hillingdon, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 233 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Catherine Catholic Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 107 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 83% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (36 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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