Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry62 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2024 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2022 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as St Dominic Catholic Primary School (URN 117478), 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 | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 * | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 * | 28 | 57 | 2.0 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 71 | 2.4 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 76 | 2.5 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 42 | 1.40 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Dominic Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20232.1applications per place
- 0.5 km · HertfordshireImproved significantly20253.5applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20223.4applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20244.3applications per place
- 0.9 km · HertfordshireOutstanding202386%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireRemains Good202282%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireRemains Outstanding20233.8applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20232.4applications per place
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20244.7applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151499 · 919/3401
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 232 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2025
- Replaced
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School (URN 117478)
- Address
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School, Southdown Road, HARPENDEN, AL5 1PF
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · St Albans
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources