Our Lady Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire·AL7 3TF
Composite score
68.8
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#1,924
National rank
#203
In East of England
#72
In Hertfordshire
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
66
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.35
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.7320230.9720241.1720250.822026

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

Every child who put Our Lady 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
208
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
20.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,061
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Our Lady Catholic Primary School

Our Lady Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 208 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 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 13% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Our Lady Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 18 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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