St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.41 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School is a primary school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary 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 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.26 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.29 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 1.07 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.34 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place among children for whom it is the nearest school lived 0.41 miles away, about the same as in 2025.
- In Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 46 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools.
- In Reception 2026 every first-choice family was offered a place, and 25 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 30% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Haslewood Avenue, Hoddesdon, EN11 8HT
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England/Christian
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 383 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending St Catherine’s and are proud of their school.”
- “Everyone is made to feel welcome.”
- “Pupils play an active role in the local community.”
To improve
- “However, the way leaders have organised their curriculum means that some subjects are not taught each term.”
- “This means there are gaps between when pupils learn these subjects.”
- “Leaders have not ensured that teaching in some of these subjects emphasises and revisits the most important subject knowledge pupils should learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (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) | 30% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 21 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 Hertfordshire.
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Cross Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Forres Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- High Leigh Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sheredes Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Roselands Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Cranbourne Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Broxbourne CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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