The Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire·AL7 1PG
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1415
In East of England
#299
In Hertfordshire
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
50
any preference, for 23 places
Applications from another council area
2%

Every child who put The Holy Family 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
18.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£1,078
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

The Holy Family Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, The Holy Family 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 216 pupils aged 3 to 11. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 29.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Holy Family Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. The Holy Family 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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