St Catherine's Church of England Primary School
Park Road, Ware, SG12 0AW
415 pupils · 92% of 450 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 11.7%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 11 July 2024, published 8 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 56% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 11% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 53 | 51 | 126 | 53 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 56 | 138 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 46 | 45 | 131 | 46 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 57 | 64 | 145 | 57 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 50 | 48 | 125 | 49 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 53 | 46 | 141 | 50 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 49 | 44 | 134 | 47 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 61 | 46 | 152 | 61 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Kingshill Infant School 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School 1.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Larkspur Academy 1.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Wheatcroft Primary School 1.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.