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St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary controlled
Haslewood Avenue, Hoddesdon EN11 8HT · stcaths.herts.sch.uk · 01992 463214
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 30%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 383
- 91% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- First language not English
- 19.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 46 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 46 | 21 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 37 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 47 | 0.8 | 98% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2022 | 2.00 mi3.22 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (50 allocations for 60 places).
Every applicant was offered a place (54 allocations for 60 places).
Every applicant was offered a place (42 allocations for 60 places).
Results
In 2024/25, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼30% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
26% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 26%
- Replies
- 43
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 95% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (40%) with SEND