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St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School

Primary · Rickmansworth · WD3 1NY

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At a glance

194 pupils · 92% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
13.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.stmarys698.herts.sch.uk
URN
150576

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

25 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Hertfordshire average63.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Penns Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 84 miles awayStrong standard84%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademySelby · 150 miles awayGood48%
Hermitage Primary SchoolThatcham · 36 miles awayGood60%
Wellington Eagles Primary AcademyAndover · 56 miles awayRequires improvement43%
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolSt Albans · 10 miles awayGood66%
Sheddingdean Community Primary SchoolBurgess Hill · 48 miles awayNeeds attention66%
Penketh Primary SchoolWarrington · 152 miles awayGood81%
Lord Deramore's Primary SchoolYork · 162 miles awayOutstanding77%
Brookwood Primary SchoolWoking · 23 miles awayGood53%
Cloverlea Primary SchoolAltrincham · 144 miles awayGood63%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 47 miles awayGood70%
Bourn CofE Primary AcademyCambridge · 42 miles awayGood63%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 69% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.05 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hertfordshire: 2.92 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,519; 15.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,158
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£50,000; in-year balance -£18,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.5%62.3%
Social housing4.8%17.1%
Privately rented8.5%20.5%
Detached houses47.8%22.9%
Flats11.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms44.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023849 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£630,00087 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£421,500–£767,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£860,000
Semi-detached (30)£752,500
Terraced (22)£593,500
Flat (22)£365,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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