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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 5 June 2019Graded inspection: Good · as St Cross Catholic Primary School, URN 117483
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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 entry84 applications · 22 places offered · 17 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2020 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2015 3.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as St Cross Catholic Primary School (URN 117483), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 22 | 84 | 3.8 | 17 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 | 83 | 3.1 | 18 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 83 | 3.3 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 15 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2021 * | 27 | 77 | 2.9 | 24 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 93 | 3.1 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 25 | 81 | 3.2 | 17 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 23 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 107 | 3.6 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 118 | 3.9 | 20 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 113 | 3.8 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 104 | 3.5 | 22 | 0.73 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 66% · Writing 62% · Maths 69% → all three 45% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 45% | 0% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 10% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 25% | 106 | 107 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Cross Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20243.8applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20234.0applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · HertfordshireImproved significantly20242.7applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireGood20232.2applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20234.8applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Hertfordshire20261.9applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · HertfordshireRequires improvement20222.3applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148496 · 919/3408
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 201 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Replaced
- St Cross Catholic Primary School (URN 117483)
- Address
- Upper Marsh Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8BN
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Broxbourne
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