St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ware · SG11 1RZ · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS258%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM11.5%
- Demand1.50
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 117406
Roger De Clare First CofE School
Voluntary controlled school · Ware · SG11 1TF
Ages 3–9 · 211 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Good
Overall absence
7.7%
Admissions demand
0.90 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-04-30
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.6%
Unauthorised2.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 195
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.90 · Often has places
1st preferences
26
Places offered
29
1st-preference offers
26
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 51
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 29
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill70%
211 pupils · 300 places
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- Boys / girls
- 99 / 112
- School capacity
- 300
- Capacity fill
- 211 / 300 (70%)
- Free school meals
- 12.9%
- FSM pupils
- 25
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 3–9
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Albans
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Woods
Location
- Address
- Station Road, Puckeridge
- Postcode
- SG11 1TF
- Town
- Ware
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 3–9, in Ware, Hertfordshire, 211 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 12.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of St Albans.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Jenyns First School and Nursery
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Ware · SG11 2QJ · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence5.1%
- FSM3.4%
- Demand1.07
1.3 miles away
Albury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Albury · SG11 2JQ · Hertfordshire
Ages 2–11
- Absence5.1%
- FSM38.9%
- Demand1.00
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Woods
- Telephone
- 01920821363