St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
Croxley View, Watford, WD18 6BW
448 pupils · 100% of 450 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 11.2%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 20 January 2026, published 9 March 2026. 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 | 61% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 13% |
“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 — 1.07 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 58 | 62 | 128 | 58 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 66 | 122 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 66 | 108 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 41 | 39 | 77 | 41 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 58 | 58 | 114 | 58 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 59 | 54 | 100 | 59 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 69 | 142 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 54 | 111 | 60 |
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
- Ascot Road Primary School 0.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Willow Tree Primary School 0.4 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Laurance Haines School 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Chater Infant School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Chater Junior School 1.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School 1.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
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.