The Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1PG
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Waterside Academy
Rowans, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1NZ
Local ranking53rd of 388 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 24 February 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 177
- Boys
- 82 (49%)
- Girls
- 84 (51%)
- Capacity
- 210 (79% full)
- SEND
- 24.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.5%
- EAL
- 25.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.1%
- SEN Support
- 19.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,188/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 61.7%
- Mixed Other: 11.0%
- White Other: 7.1%
- Black African: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
61.7%
White British
11.0%
Mixed Other
7.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Rowans
Welwyn Garden City, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 145257
- UKPRN
- 10066399
- Establishment No.
- 2296
- Trust
- AGORA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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