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Roecroft Lower School

  • 5–9Ages
  • 359Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 109484URN

Buttercup Road, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4PF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

157 applications for 81 places · 42nd of 82 in Central Bedfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 3 June 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Reception
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

157 applications · 81 places offered · 75 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026811571.9750.93
Sep 2025521011.9500.96
Sep 2024681161.7650.96
Sep 2023891451.6921.03
Sep 2022841431.7810.96
Sep 2021621191.9631.02
Sep 2020731371.9731.00
Sep 2019891812.0961.08
Sep 2018761602.1750.99
Sep 2017871822.1881.01
Sep 2016901812.01021.13
Sep 2015901741.9961.07
Sep 2014591582.7871.47

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
109484 · 823/2129
Capacity
450 pupils · 359 on roll
Free school meals
12.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Buttercup Road, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4PF
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources