St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Park Lane, Cheshunt, EN7 6LR
This school is closed (it closed in June 2025).
It was replaced by St Paul's Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Worton-Geer
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Broxbourne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 231
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- URN
- 117492
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
About this school
St Paul's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Cheshunt. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 190 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Paul's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 22 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 43% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 60% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 57% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 40% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Paul's Catholic Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 201 |
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 190 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Paul's Catholic Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 5.5% | 24.7% | 190 | — |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 181 | 0.0 miles |
| Flamstead End School | 72% | 5.2% | 21.4% | 474 | 0.2 miles |
| Fairfields Primary School and Nursery | 68% | 4.8% | 12.3% | 467 | 0.3 miles |
| Oakview Primary School | — | 6.5% | 45.5% | 188 | 0.4 miles |
| Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School | 47% | 5.6% | 22.7% | 207 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.73%
- English as an additional language
- 25.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.5%
- Persistent absence
- 14.81%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Paul's Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Cheshunt
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Flamstead End School0.2 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
-
Fairfields Primary School and Nursery0.3 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
-
Oakview Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
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Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
Other schools in Cheshunt
Common questions
- What year groups does St Paul's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Cheshunt.
- Has St Paul's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Paul's Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is St Paul's Catholic Primary School?
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School had 190 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have St Paul's Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Paul's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Paul's Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.