St Paul's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Cheshunt, Hertfordshire·EN7 6LR
Composite score
49.8
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#7,325
National rank
#783
In East of England
#204
In Hertfordshire
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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
44
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
2%

Every child who put St Paul's 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
190
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£1,131
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Paul's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, St Paul's 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 190 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% 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 21.0 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 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Paul's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 18 families who put it first were offered a place. St Paul's 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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