Report card · inspected May 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 23 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry154 applications · 59 places offered · 69 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 3.3; 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 | 59 | 154 | 2.6 | 69 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 174 | 3.0 | 75 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 151 | 2.5 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 181 | 3.0 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 157 | 2.6 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 58 | 163 | 2.8 | 64 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 194 | 3.3 | 66 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 181 | 3.0 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 171 | 2.9 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 155 | 2.6 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 175 | 2.9 | 72 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 188 | 3.1 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 195 | 3.3 | 73 | 1.22 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)This schoolThis school20262.6applications per place
- 0.0 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained202485%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Hertfordshire20262.0applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade202463%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Hertfordshire20263.1applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireGood20242.3applications per place
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20242.7applications 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
- 117161 · 919/2124
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 231 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Neal Street, Watford, WD18 0WF
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Watford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources