Community school · Hertfordshire

Summerswood Primary School

3–11Ages
344Pupils
PrimaryPhase
117182URN

Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, WD6 2DW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

0.6 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

64 applications for 33 places · 262nd of 314 in Hertfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

40%met the expected standard

Hertfordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 30 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education			Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes			Requires improvement
Personal development			Requires improvement
Leadership and management			Requires improvement
Early years provision			Requires improvement

Inspection history

30 April 2024
Graded inspection: Requires improvement
8 December 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

1.9applications per place, Reception

0.6 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

64 applications · 33 places offered · 23 named it first

2026 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
2025 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
2024 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2023 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2022 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2021 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2020 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2019 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2018 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2017 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
2016 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
2015 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2014 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7

More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	33	64	1.9	23	0.70
Sep 2025	36	79	2.2	35	0.97
Sep 2024	45	110	2.4	38	0.84
Sep 2023	49	109	2.2	37	0.76
Sep 2022	42	91	2.2	29	0.69
Sep 2021	59	125	2.1	52	0.88
Sep 2020	59	149	2.5	56	0.95
Sep 2019	60	151	2.5	52	0.87
Sep 2018	53	100	1.9	37	0.70
Sep 2017	56	120	2.1	40	0.71
Sep 2016	61	133	2.2	46	0.75
Sep 2015	60	130	2.2	45	0.75
Sep 2014	60	124	2.1	45	0.75

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 60% · Writing 51% · Maths 57% → all three 40% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard40%298th of 331 in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard60%

Hertfordshire 80% England 78%

Higher standard17%

Hertfordshire 38% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard51%

Hertfordshire 75% England 75%

Greater depth2%

Hertfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard57%

Hertfordshire 79% England 77%

Higher standard17%

Hertfordshire 30% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Hertfordshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	40%	2%	103	101
2023/24	21%	3%	99	97
2022/23	40%	3%	102	99

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

Summerswood Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.9applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Yavneh Primary School
0.5 km · Hertfordshire

Standards maintained2025

2.2applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Monksmead School
0.5 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2022

3.3applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Kenilworth Primary School
0.9 km · Hertfordshire

2026

2.3applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Saffron Green Primary School
1.0 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.1applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
St Teresa Catholic Primary School
1.1 km · Hertfordshire

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Cowley Hill School
1.7 km · Hertfordshire

2026

2.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Woodlands Primary School
1.8 km · Hertfordshire

2026

4.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Meryfield Primary School
2.1 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2022

2.1applications per place 58%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: 117182 · 919/2154
Capacity: 486 pupils · 344 on roll
Free school meals: 23.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, WD6 2DW
Local authority: Hertfordshire · Hertsmere

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