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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 16 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained · as The Holy Family Catholic Primary School, URN 117481
- 13 January 2016Graded inspection: Good · as The Holy Family Catholic Primary School, URN 117481
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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 entry50 applications · 23 places offered · 22 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2024 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2023 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2022 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as The Holy Family Catholic Primary School (URN 117481), 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 | 23 | 50 | 2.2 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 * | 30 | 43 | 1.4 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 * | 22 | 51 | 2.3 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 46 | 1.5 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 * | 27 | 41 | 1.5 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 * | 21 | 37 | 1.8 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 * | 18 | 35 | 1.9 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 * | 29 | 38 | 1.3 | 18 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2018 * | 27 | 46 | 1.7 | 19 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2017 * | 23 | 44 | 1.9 | 19 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 23 | 45 | 2.0 | 19 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 * | 17 | 42 | 2.5 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 19 | 49 | 2.6 | 17 | 0.89 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20242.2applications per place
- 0.1 km · Hertfordshire20262.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20233.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireGood20233.9applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireGood20221.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20234.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · HertfordshireSpecial measures 20252.4applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 35%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
- 151497 · 919/3404
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 236 pupils · 211 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2025
- Replaced
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary School (URN 117481)
- Address
- Crookhams, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1PG
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Welwyn Hatfield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources