Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Essex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 21 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry19 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.8; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 4.7; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
- 2022 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
- 2021 2.7; Essex median median 2.3
- 2020 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
- 2019 3.4; Essex median median 2.5
- 2018 3.8; Essex median median 2.5
- 2017 3.8; Essex median median 2.6
- 2016 4.2; Essex median median 2.8
- 2015 3.4; Essex median median 2.7
- 2014 3.2; Essex median median 2.8
- This school
- Essex 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 6 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2017 | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 10 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2015 | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 21 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2014 | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 10 | 0.67 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 78% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Essex median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 56% | 0% | 103 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 50% | 0% | 104 | 99 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad OakThis schoolThis school20263.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · EssexStandards maintained20243.2applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- Standards maintained20242.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- Graded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · EssexRemains Good20242.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · EssexGood20221.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · EssexRemains Good20231.5applications per place 22%met the SATs standard
- Good20233.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · Hertfordshire20263.3applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 115178 · 881/3580
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 112 pupils · 49 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7HH
- Local authority
- Essex · Uttlesford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources