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Tannery Drift School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 320Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117134URN

Tannery Drift, Royston, SG8 5DE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 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
2.3per place
0.3 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

124 applications for 55 places · 199th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 4 March 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 attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 4 March 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 13 February 2020
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

124 applications · 55 places offered · 52 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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 2026551242.3520.95
Sep 2025601542.6651.08
Sep 2024601572.6651.08
Sep 2023601522.5550.92
Sep 2022581402.4490.84
Sep 2021601272.1450.75
Sep 2020601512.5621.03
Sep 2019541322.4460.85
Sep 2018601121.9611.02
Sep 2017601392.3681.13
Sep 2016591262.1520.88
Sep 2015441142.6370.84
Sep 2014451052.3430.96

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
117134 · 919/2085
Capacity
345 pupils · 320 on roll
Free school meals
8.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Tannery Drift, Royston, SG8 5DE
Local authority
Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire

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