Primary school
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This school
URN 145351 · LAESTAB 919/2156 · Source: Get Information about Schools, DfE, OGL v3.0 (record under Visit & links).
Against East of England and Hertfordshire
Track: East of England's middle 80% (10th to 90th percentile); L = East of England median; H = Hertfordshire median, shown when 10 or more of its schools have a figure; the dot is this school.
East of England state schools in Close Knit with a published figure, same phase (primary or secondary) and year; the borough median only when 10 or more of its schools have one. 10th, 50th and 90th percentiles with linear interpolation (PostgreSQL percentile_cont).
Colour only where lower or higher is clearly better (absence: lower): blue = better than the East of England median, red = in East of England's worst 10%.
Money: Compared only with academies' accounts (AAR), same academic year.
Results
England rank: Key stage 2: % of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths; ties broken by % at the higher standard. Ranked among 15,057 primaries in England, 2024/25. England's state-funded mainstream schools with a published figure that year (suppressed or missing figures are left out); equal figures share a rank; top % = rank ÷ schools × 100, rounded up.
Top % in England by year: the first and best years are labelled; the dashed line is the middle (top 50%).
Against East of England: East of England state primaries, same year, cohort 30+, suppressed figures left out. Steps: the score out of 10 against East of England (10 = top 10%).
Arrows: change in East of England percentile points since 2018/19.
Pupils counted: 48 pupils (2024/25), every measure.
KS2 progress (reading), KS2 progress (writing), KS2 progress (maths): Not published for 2023/24 or 2024/25.
Getting in
Got in = first-choice families offered a place on national offer day ÷ families who put the school first. Putting a school first gives no priority: siblings and distance decide.
First-choice applications not offered a place on national offer day: 100 × (1 − first-preference offers ÷ first preferences). Applications count preferences, not children; places can still be offered from waiting lists after offer day.
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers.
Last distance offered: the straight line from the school to the furthest child offered a place under the distance rule. Not a catchment: it changes every year.
Inspections
GoodRequires improvementUngraded visit, no grade
Dates are the day each inspection started: May 2022 Remains Good · Jul 2016 Ungraded visit · Nov 2011 Good · May 2009 Good · Mar 2006 Satisfactory. Each dot opens its Ofsted report.
Inspection judgements graded Outstanding or Good, and Requires improvement or Inadequate, out of the judgements graded (the overall grade and aggregated judgements are not counted). Counted from Ofsted's grades, never scored from the report text.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes.
Pupils
Full = pupils on roll ÷ the school's capacity (480 places), from Get Information about Schools.
Pupil profile and absence: DfE school census and pupil absence (Compare school and college performance). Free school meals = eligible at any time in the past 6 years; persistently absent = missed 10% or more of sessions. Withheld = suppressed by DfE.
Workforce
School workforce census, 2025/26. Staff in FTE (full-time equivalent), rounded to 1 decimal on the card. As published: teachers 19.52, leadership 2, teaching assistants 20.55, support staff incl. TAs 23.62, whole workforce 43.14 (53 people), 20 teachers by headcount.
Other support = support staff incl. TAs minus teaching assistants.
Per adult counts teachers, TAs and other classroom support; excludes admin staff.
- DfE: FTE pupils (January census) ÷ FTE teachers (November census)
- DfE: FTE pupils ÷ FTE teachers, teaching assistants, other school support staff and technicians; administrative, auxiliary and business staff are not counted
- Teachers in leadership posts: head, deputy and assistant heads
Financials
Academy accounts (AAR) · September 2024 to August 2025.
Published total ÷ FTE pupils in the same return, to the nearest pound; income and spend per pupil are left out when the return covers less than 12 months.
CFR (maintained schools, April–March) and AAR (academies, September–August) are different accounts and years: do not compare a maintained school with an academy.
Why some figures are missing
Parent View: Ofsted Parent View: not published for this school (Ofsted lists only schools with 10 or more responses; fewer in the current survey and in the earlier-survey years loaded).
All sources and licences (6)
- Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers
- Department for Education, Compare school and college performance
- Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes
- Department for Education, Academies Accounts Return
- Department for Education, School workforce in England, reporting year 2025
- Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
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Results · 2024/25
Ranked 9,792 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 66%
Against East of EnglandArrows: East of England rank change since 2018/19
Show KS2 results by year
No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22
Getting in · 2026
By preference
| Choice | Applied | Offered |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 72 | 58 |
| 2nd | 21 | 1 |
| 3rd | 18 | 1 |
Last distance offered: London only
Visit & links
Open days aren't open data: the school site lists them.
Official
Guides
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Inspections · 2006–2022
- 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
- 2009Goodas predecessor
- 2011Goodas predecessor
- 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
- 2022Remains Good
27 strong areas
- Quality of teaching
- Achievement of pupils
- Early years provision
- Leadership and management
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- The extent to which pupils feel safe
- The use of assessment to support learning
- The effectiveness of safeguarding procedures
- Outcomes for individuals and groups of pupils
- The effectiveness of care, guidance and support
- The school's capacity for sustained improvement
- The quality of pupils' learning and their progress
- The extent to which pupils adopt healthy lifestyles
- The leadership and management of teaching and learning
- Outcomes for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage
- The quality of provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage
- The effectiveness with which the school promotes community cohesion
- The effectiveness of the school's engagement with parents and carers
- The effectiveness of partnerships in promoting learning and well-being
- The extent of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
- The extent to which pupils contribute to the school and wider community
- The effectiveness of leadership and management of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- The effectiveness with which the school deploys resources to achieve value for money
- The effectiveness with which the school promotes equality of opportunity and tackles discrimination
- The extent to which the curriculum meets pupils' needs, including, where relevant, through partnerships
- The quality of learning for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their progress
- The effectiveness of the governing body in challenging and supporting the school so that weaknesses are tackled decisively...
3 weak areas
- Pupils' attainment
- Pupils' attendance
- The extent to which pupils develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being
30 areas graded · inspected as predecessor
Pupils · 2024/25
Girls 50.1%Boys 49.9%
93.8% full · 480 places
Parent View
Not published for this school
Workforce · 2025/26
- Classroom teachers 17.5
- Leadership 2
- Teaching assistants 20.6
- Other support 3.1
Teachers 19.5 FTE · Whole workforce 43.1 · 53 people
Financials · 2024/25
- £0revenue reserve
- +£210,000in-year balance
Grants £6,430 · self-generated £174 · premises £301 per pupil
Multi-academy trust: AGORA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP (10 academies) · trust reserve £2,179,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it