Primary school in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Pope Paul Catholic Primary School
Baker Street, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2ES
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 15 September 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 214
- Places
- 210
- How full
- Full — 214 pupils against 210 places
- Girls / boys
- 98 / 116
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Hertsmere 001A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 36%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 18%
- Households owning their home
- 84%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 12%
- Adults economically inactive
- 50%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Elizabeth Heymoz
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward
- Bentley Heath & The Royds
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- URN
- 151984
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranborne Primary SchoolFoundation school | Good 2023 | 87% | 0.7 mi |
| Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 70% | 0.9 mi |
| The Wroxham SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 77% | 0.9 mi |
| Stormont SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.4 mi |
| St Giles' CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 40% | 1.5 mi |
| Oakmere Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 52% | 1.5 mi |
| Little Heath Primary SchoolFoundation school | Good 2024 | 63% | 1.5 mi |
| Hadley Wood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 100% | 1.8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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