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Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,198Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137914URN

High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodDec 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
close to Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

610 applications for 199 places · 30th of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.6of 90
37th of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodDec 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2023

Inspection history

  1. 19 October 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 5 December 2013
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.1applications per place, Year 7
close to Hertfordshire median (3.0) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

610 applications · 199 places offered · 147 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  11. 2016 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  12. 2015 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  13. 2014 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261996103.11470.74
Sep 20252065882.91560.76
Sep 20242085942.91440.69
Sep 20232086593.21880.90
Sep 20222046143.01560.76
Sep 20212086243.01520.73
Sep 20202066533.21780.86
Sep 20192087093.41700.82
Sep 20182026623.31880.93
Sep 20172077233.51710.83
Sep 20162067093.41790.87
Sep 20152057433.61770.86
Sep 20142077033.41950.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

205 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.637th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%37th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20550.653%72%–
2024/2520550.656%75%–
2023/2421251.962%82%+0.34
2022/2320452.657%82%+0.25

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137914 · 919/5418
Trust
All Saints Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,243 pupils · 1,198 on roll
Free school meals
11.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2012
Replaced
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School (URN 117590)
Address
High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Three Rivers

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources