St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School, Stevenage
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Stevenage, part of The Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hertfordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School in detail
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care until 5:30pm.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 117474), 76% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School
Across Hertfordshire, 89% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Hertfordshire lodged 319 appeals against primary school offers; 155 reached a hearing and 21 succeeded (13.5% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School are St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 76% reading, 83% maths); Roebuck Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 71% reading, 66% maths); Shephalbury Park Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 72% reading, 52% maths); and Longmeadow Primary School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 50% reading, 36% maths).
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary SchoolRoebuck AcademyShephalbury Park Primary SchoolLongmeadow Primary School
The trust
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School is one of 15 schools run by The Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Knebworth Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tesco (outside), 50 metres away.
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in September 2026. Before that, as St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 117474), it was rated Good in May 2024. See St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 117474). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 87% to 76% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 87% to 83% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 86% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School.
- Rising Stars Wrap Around ClubsAt the school · Not yet graded
Term dates
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Hertfordshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School is in Hertfordshire; for families living there:
- Hertfordshire's school travel policy: Read the home to school transport policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 20
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 20 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 15 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 117474). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 36 | 75 | 1.2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 30 | 37 | 75 | 1.2 | 7 |
| 2024 | 30 | 37 | 73 | 1.2 | 7 |
| 2023 | 30 | 44 | 95 | 1.5 | 14 |
| 2022 | 29 | 28 | 79 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30 | 44 | 100 | 1.5 | 15 |
| 2020 | 30 | 38 | 93 | 1.3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 30 | 41 | 94 | 1.4 | 11 |
| 2018 | 30 | 44 | 98 | 1.5 | 14 |
| 2017 | 30 | 45 | 104 | 1.5 | 15 |
| 2016 | 30 | 37 | 93 | 1.2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 29 | 52 | 107 | 1.8 | 23 |
| 2014 | 30 | 42 | 94 | 1.4 | 12 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Stevenage
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Stevenage
Across Hertfordshire council
Places available
14,776
Applications
12,543
Got 1st preference
89.1%
Got preferred school
98.4%
All primary applications across Hertfordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 117474). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
3.2%
Overall absence
3.3%
Persistent absence
182
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School
Are there exam results for St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School?
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 117474), 76% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in September 2026. Before that, as St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 117474), it was rated Good in May 2024.
What is the catchment area for St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed, Hertfordshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School?
Apply through Hertfordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Rising Stars Wrap Around Clubs (registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 20 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 15 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School?
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School is at Monkswood Lane, (Off Monkswood Way), Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8QJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)