St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire·WD3 1NY
Composite score
45.7
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#8,900
National rank
#955
In East of England
#237
In Hertfordshire
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
88%
33 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.10
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
60
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
42%

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School yet. Hertfordshire 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
190
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,158
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 190 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 29.0 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 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 88% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (33 first choices for 30 places). There are about 18.8 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 Mary's Rickmansworth CofE 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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