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St Paul's Catholic Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 181Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 151596URN

Park Lane, Cheshunt, EN7 6LR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJan 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.6 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

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44 applications for 22 places · 250th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJan 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2022

Inspection history

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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

44 applications · 22 places offered · 18 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  3. 2024 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  4. 2023 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as St Paul's Catholic Primary School (URN 117492), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202622442.0180.82
Sep 2025 *11312.890.82
Sep 2024 *26501.9220.85
Sep 2023 *13393.0110.85
Sep 2022 *30371.2180.60
Sep 2021 *20442.2180.90
Sep 2020 *30441.5150.50
Sep 2019 *27471.7160.59
Sep 2018 *25542.2200.80
Sep 2017 *28441.6180.64
Sep 2016 *22411.9160.73
Sep 2015 *30541.8220.73
Sep 2014 *29572.0270.93

Schools nearby

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
151596 · 919/3423
Trust
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
231 pupils · 181 on roll
Free school meals
22.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 July 2025
Replaced
St Paul's Catholic Primary School (URN 117492)
Address
Park Lane, Cheshunt, EN7 6LR
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Broxbourne

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources