Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Stevenage, Hertfordshire·SG1 1NJ
Composite score
62.6
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#3,224
National rank
#335
In East of England
#107
In Hertfordshire
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
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
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
57 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
111
any preference, for 58 places

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
428
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£1,029
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School

Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 428 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 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 top 22% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. 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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