St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Knutsford, Cheshire East·WA16 8AL
Composite score
66.1
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#2,416
National rank
#288
In North West
#16
In Cheshire East
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
82%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 21 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1020221.0020231.0020240.9420250.952026

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

Every child who put St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
194
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,318
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Knutsford, Cheshire East, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 194 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 82% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 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 among the top 16% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.4%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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