Primary school

How Wood Primary and Nursery School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Hertfordshire
  • AL2 2HU
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,562 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 57%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 49%49%2016/17: top 64%2017/18: top 50%2018/19: top 86%2022/23: top 83%2023/24: top 66%2024/25: top 57%No exams

Against East of England

Expected standard, RWM62% · East of England 64%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM4% · East of England 7%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score105 · East of England 106Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score103 · East of England 105Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 56% · 27 pupils · East of England 54%2016/17: 57% · 30 pupils · East of England 63%2017/18: 67% · 27 pupils · East of England 65%2018/19: 50% · 30 pupils · East of England 67%2022/23: 46% · 26 pupils · East of England 61%2023/24: 56% · 27 pupils · East of England 63%2024/25: 62% · 26 pupils · East of England 64%67%46%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 27 pupils · East of England 5%2016/17: 20% · 30 pupils · East of England 8%2017/18: 11% · 27 pupils · East of England 9%2018/19: 7% · 30 pupils · East of England 9%2022/23: 0% · 26 pupils · East of England 7%2023/24: 7% · 27 pupils · East of England 7%2024/25: 4% · 26 pupils · East of England 7%20%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 105 · 27 pupils · East of England 1032016/17: 103 · 30 pupils · East of England 1042017/18: 107 · 27 pupils · East of England 1052018/19: 103 · 30 pupils · East of England 1042022/23: 99 · 26 pupils · East of England 1052023/24: 104 · 27 pupils · East of England 1052024/25: 105 · 26 pupils · East of England 10610799No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 104 · 27 pupils · East of England 1032016/17: 104 · 30 pupils · East of England 1042017/18: 105 · 27 pupils · East of England 1042018/19: 102 · 30 pupils · East of England 1052022/23: 99 · 26 pupils · East of England 1042023/24: 102 · 27 pupils · East of England 1042024/25: 103 · 26 pupils · East of England 10510599No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
17 of 17 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1717
2nd252
3rd140

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Good
  2. 2010Satisfactory
  3. 2012Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026215
Free school meals (past 6 years)15.2%
First language not English9.0%
SEN support10.3%
EHC plan4.5%
Absence (sessions missed)5.9%
Persistently absent pupils14.6%

Girls 47.5%Boys 52.5%

97.7% full · 220 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.3
Pupils per adult8.4
  • Classroom teachers 10.6
  • Leadership 2.5
  • Teaching assistants 11.5
  • Other support 5.4

Teachers 13.1 FTE · Whole workforce 30 · 51 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,619
Spend per pupil£8,027
Staff spend per pupil£6,243
Reserve per pupil−£272
  • −£57,912revenue reserve
  • −£86,866in-year balance

Grants £6,938 · self-generated £681 · premises £318 per pupil