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Reed First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 64Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117129URN

Jacksons Lane, Reed, Royston, SG8 8AB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.5 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

27 applications for 13 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

27 applications · 13 places offered · 12 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 12.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire 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 202613272.1120.92
Sep 202512272.3161.33
Sep 202412272.390.75
Sep 20237202.960.86
Sep 202210363.6101.00
Sep 20219262.970.78
Sep 20209222.450.56
Sep 201911212.011.00
Sep 20187142.071.00
Sep 20175142.851.00
Sep 201610222.290.90
Sep 201510222.2101.00
Sep 20145142.840.80

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
117129 · 919/2078
Capacity
60 pupils · 64 on roll
Free school meals
6.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Jacksons Lane, Reed, Royston, SG8 8AB
Local authority
Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire

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