St Catherine's RC School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Barnet
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.321 miles
Published by London Borough of Barnet · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2015–2026 (miles)
St Catherine's RC School is a primary school in Barnet for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 June 2022. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Catherine's RC School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.321 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.165 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.685 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Reception child offered a place lived 0.321 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 31 Barnet primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 27% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barnet schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Vale Drive, Barnet, EN5 2ED
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 470 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be a member of the school community.”
- “They value everyone and feel that differences should be celebrated.”
- “The relationships between pupils, staff and families are strong, including in the early years.”
To improve
- “However, in other subjects, such as science and geography, leaders have not identified the important ideas pupils need to learn and remember.”
- “This means that sometimes teachers give pupils work which is too difficult and not focused on what pupils need to know.”
- “However, teachers are not always clear about the vocabulary children need to develop.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 85% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barnet.
- Underhill School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cromer Road Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foulds School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Monken Hadley CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Christ Church Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitings Hill Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Livingstone Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Totteridge 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published