Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry36 applications · 13 places offered · 14 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 4.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 4.0; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 14 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 11 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2024 | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 18 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2023 | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 15 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 11 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 16 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2018 | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 12 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2016 | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 12 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2015 | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 3 | 0.75 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Therfield First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.8applications per place
- 2.9 km · HertfordshireGood20222.1applications per place
- 3.4 km · Hertfordshire20263.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place
- 4.1 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.6applications per place
- 4.4 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place
- 5.1 km · HertfordshireGood20231.9applications per place
- 5.1 km · HertfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 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
- 117153 · 919/2111
- Capacity
- 75 pupils · 69 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- The Causeway, Therfield, Royston, SG8 9PP
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources