Pope Paul Catholic Primary School
Primary · Potters Bar · EN6 2ES
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 15 September 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
214 pupils · 102% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151984
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 September 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place29 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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: Potters Bar school admissions · Hertfordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 46% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other White background 22% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · White Irish 5% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 4% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%
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 £54,048; 18.2% 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)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 36.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 39.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 84.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 13.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 42.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 5.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 28.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 11.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023576 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £602,500202 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £476,000–£694,000the 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
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 8a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1a rural school averages 0.9
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