St Cross Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Cross Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Cross Catholic 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
| Reception 2016 | Not published |
| Reception 2015 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 45% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 22 offers, or 0.8 first choices per offer, the 46th lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, including every first-choice family, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.9% across 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
- Upper Marsh Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8BN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are confident and friendly.”
- “They are self-assured and talk about their pride in their school.”
- “They are polite to others in the school.”
To improve
- “As a result, some older pupils have not learned all the previous content.”
- “This has created gaps in their knowledge and understanding.”
- “However, these gaps are yet to be fully addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 2025 (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) | 45% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 17 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.
- Sheredes Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Broxbourne CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- High Leigh Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wormley CofE Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forres Primary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roselands Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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