Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| 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
- 24 March 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 9 June 2021Ungraded 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 entry54 applications · 24 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 3.8; 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 | 24 | 54 | 2.3 | 19 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 81 | 2.8 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 27 | 69 | 2.6 | 22 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 85 | 2.8 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 114 | 3.8 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 98 | 3.3 | 40 | 1.33 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 70% · Maths 73% → all three 57% 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 | 57% | 17% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 7% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 53% | 0% | 106 | 106 |
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
- St Meryl SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20244.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireGood20222.9applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Hertfordshire20261.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireRemains Outstanding20232.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Hertfordshire20262.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Hertfordshire20263.1applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · HarrowOutstanding20233.1applications per place 87%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
- 117166 · 919/2131
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 219 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 1900
- Address
- The Mead, Carpenders Park, Watford, WD19 5BT
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Three Rivers
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources