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St Dominic Catholic Primary School

Primary · HARPENDEN · AL5 1PF

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 November 2023

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At a glance

232 pupils · 97% of 240 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
2.6% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stdominic.herts.sch.uk/
URN
151499

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.3%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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