St Mary's CofE Primary School, NorthchurchSt Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Berkhamsted.

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch and St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Berkhamsted.

  • St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch was judged Good and St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School was judged Requires improvement.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 53.0% for St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch and 58.0% for St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch (70.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch versus St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BerkhamstedSt Mary's CofE Primary School, NorthchurchBerkhamstedSt Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100Stronger figureD49/100
Local ranking194th of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure330th of 391 in Hertfordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodStronger figureOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll225 178
Capacity240 240
LocationBerkhamsted, HP4 3QZ Berkhamsted, HP4 3LF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% 58.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard10.0% 12.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census225 178
Free school meals (ever 6)10.1% 10.8%
English as an additional language6.7% 11.2%
SEN support16.9% 14.0%
SEN with an EHC plan0.4% 0.6%
Attendance
Overall absence4.9% 3.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence8.3% 7.8% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch

St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

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