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Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 211Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117149URN

Knight Street, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9AT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • 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

123 applications for 60 places · 242nd of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 12 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

123 applications · 60 places offered · 59 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.6; 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 2026601232.1590.98
Sep 2025581522.6831.43
Sep 2024591332.3761.29
Sep 2023601392.3641.07
Sep 2022601101.8580.97
Sep 2021601452.4701.17
Sep 2020551232.2520.95
Sep 2019601272.1590.98
Sep 2018601382.3701.17
Sep 2017601352.3570.95
Sep 2016591332.3591.00
Sep 2015601562.6781.30
Sep 2014601542.6761.27

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
117149 · 919/2107
Capacity
180 pupils · 211 on roll
Free school meals
6.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Knight Street, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9AT
Local authority
Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire

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