St Catherine's RC School[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 85% 85% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 85% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 27% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 110 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 109 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	82%[4]	29%[4]	111[4]	109[4]
2022/23	67%[5]	26%[5]	108[5]	107[5]
2018/19	78%[6]	20%[6]	107[6]	109[6]
2017/18	80%[7]	18%[7]	109[7]	109[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 22 Jun 2022[8]
Type: S5 Inspection[8]
Report published: 21 Sep 2022[8]
Personal development: Outstanding[8]
Quality of education: Good[8]
Overall effectiveness: Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference): 149 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences: 61 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered: 60 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[9]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	166[9]	67[9]	59[9]	2.8[9]	1.1[9]
Entry Sept 2024	147[9]	53[9]	60[9]	2.5[9]	0.9[9]
Entry Sept 2023	133[9]	57[9]	60[9]	2.2[9]	0.9[9]
Entry Sept 2022	147[9]	71[9]	60[9]	2.5[9]	1.2[9]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 2–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 471[1]
Local authority: Barnet[1]
Website: www.st-catherines.barnet.sch.uk/[1]
District: Barnet [10]
Postcode: EN5 2ED[1]
URN: 101333[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 480 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language: 42.7% 2024/25[11]
SEN support: 10% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan: 1.7% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 6.4% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 67.2%[12]
Mixed: 13.4%[12]
Asian: 11.5%[12]
Black: 6.4%[12]
Any other ethnic group: 1.3%[12]
Unclassified: 0.2%[12]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.