Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 24 February 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 23 May 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 entry84 applications · 42 places offered · 33 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 2.2; 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 | 42 | 84 | 2.0 | 33 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 53 | 104 | 2.0 | 37 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2024 | 40 | 124 | 3.1 | 35 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 | 49 | 159 | 3.2 | 46 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 47 | 146 | 3.1 | 43 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 43 | 124 | 2.9 | 38 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 143 | 2.4 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 51 | 149 | 2.9 | 43 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2018 | 55 | 159 | 2.9 | 47 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2017 | 54 | 130 | 2.4 | 43 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2016 | 58 | 124 | 2.1 | 49 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 131 | 2.2 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 61 | 133 | 2.2 | 45 | 0.74 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 77% · Maths 79% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 69% | 6% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 7% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 51% | 2% | 103 | 102 |
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
- Central Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained202485%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Hertfordshire20262.6applications per place
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade202463%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20242.7applications per place
- 1.2 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20244.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · HertfordshireGood20242.3applications per place
- 1.5 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 70%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
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117156 · 919/2116
- Capacity
- 450 pupils · 399 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Derby Road, Watford, WD17 2LX
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Watford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources