St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Watford, Hertfordshire·WD25 7HP
Composite score
49.6
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#7,383
National rank
#790
In East of England
#206
In Hertfordshire
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.47
00.511.52
1 per place
1.1320221.1720231.0020241.4320250.972026

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

Every child who put St Catherine of Siena 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
258
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,415
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Watford, Hertfordshire, St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 258 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 29 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Catherine of Siena 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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