St Dominic Catholic Primary School
Primary · HARPENDEN · AL5 1PF
Data updated
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.
Inspected 22 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
232 pupils · 97% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 2.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151499
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 31 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 22 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.03 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 31 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
Compare admissions across the area: Harpenden school admissions · Hertfordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 60% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · White Irish 7% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 5% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £44,591; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 58.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 8.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 54.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 7.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 53.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 55.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 12.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 31.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 18.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 57.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 18.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 22.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023701 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £685,000371 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £400,000–£1,105,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 28an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an 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