Free schools · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 4EL · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 151499
St Dominic Catholic Primary School
Academy converter · HARPENDEN · AL5 1PF
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
232
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in HARPENDEN, Hertfordshire, 232 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 2.6%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Westminster.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
- Compare
- Compare
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 2TP · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
- Compare
Academy converter · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 5PU · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–7
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
- Compare
Academy converter · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 5PU · Hertfordshire
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
- Compare
Community school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 1QB · Hertfordshire
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
- Compare
Community school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 5SD · Hertfordshire
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
- Compare
Community school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 1QD · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–7
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
- Compare
Community school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 4QW · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 151499
Location
- Address
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School, Southdown Road
- Postcode
- AL5 1PF
- Town
- HARPENDEN
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 232
- Boys / girls
- 121 / 111
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 232 / 240 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 2.6%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Governance
- Academy trust: ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynn Wilson
- Telephone
- 01582760047
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-11-22
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes