Primary
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Greenbank Road, Watford, WD17 4FS
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 454 of 390 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 34.2
- Pupils per adult
- 13.1
- Pupils
- 448
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2023
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
84%
16 points above the Watford average (68% across 29 schools)
111.0
4.5 above the Watford average (106.5 across 29 schools)
3rd of 29 by our score, among the primary schools in Watford we can score - 37 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 110 |
| Average reading score | 111 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 84% |
| Working at a higher standard | 17% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 80% |
| 23/24 | 77% |
| 24/25 | 84% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
Greenbank Road, Watford, WD17 4FS
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Emma Braund
- Address
- Greenbank Road, Watford, WD17 4FS
- Telephone
- 01923223785