St Catherine's RC School is a primary school located in Barnet. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 30/04/2009. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is above average, progress in reading and progress in writing are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.8%, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Vale Drive, Barnet

School Information

Address: Vale Drive, Barnet, EN5 2ED
Website: www.st-catherines.barnet.sch.uk/
Telephone: 02084404946
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Barnet
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Maureen Kelly
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 101333

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 30/04/2009

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 470
Number of Pupils: 454
Number of Boys: 235
Number of Girls: 219

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.7 Confidence interval -0.6 to 2
Writing
Average: 0 Confidence interval -1.2 to 1.2
Maths
Above Average: 1.9 Confidence interval 0.8 to 3.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:78%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:20%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:109
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Margaret's Nursery School
Margaret Road , New Barnet EN4 9NT
4out of 4 1,919 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Brookhill Nursery School
Brookhill Road , East Barnet EN4 8SD
4out of 4 2,235 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Catherine's RC School
Vale Drive , EN5 2ED
4out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Grasvenor Avenue Infant School
Grasvenor Avenue , EN5 2BY
3out of 4 878 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Underhill School
Mays Lane , EN5 2LZ
3out of 4 974 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Cromer Road Primary School
Cromer Road , New Barnet EN5 5HT
3out of 4 1,267 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Foulds School
Byng Road , EN5 4NR
3out of 4 1,561 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ark Pioneer Academy
Westcombe Drive , EN5 2BE
- not rated 341 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
High Street , EN5 5RR
3out of 4 431 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
The Totteridge Academy
Barnet Lane , Barnet N20 8AZ
3out of 4 1,302 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Queen's Road , EN5 4DQ
4out of 4 1,654 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
JCoSS
Castlewood Road , EN4 9GE
3out of 4 1,974 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barnet and Southgate College
Wood Street , EN5 4AZ
- not rated 698 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Susi Earnshaw Theatre School
68 High Street , EN5 5SJ
- not rated 720 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Lyonsdown School
3 Richmond Road , New Barnet EN5 1SA
- not rated 1,059 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Mount House School
Camlet Way , Hadley EN4 0NJ
- not rated 1,790 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Pavilion Study Centre
58b Chandos Avenue , Whetstone N20 9DX
3out of 4 2,534 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.