Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 14 April 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 20 January 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 entry13 applications · 2 places offered · 2 named it first
- 2026 6.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 6.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 6.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 2.8; 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 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 12 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 11 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.83 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Anstey First SchoolThis schoolThis school20266.5applications per place
- 3.0 km · HertfordshireGood20241.4applications per place
- 3.4 km · HertfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 5.0 km · Hertfordshire20264.0applications per place
- 5.5 km · HertfordshireGood20222.1applications per place
- 5.6 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · HertfordshireGood2023
- 5.7 km · HertfordshireGood20232.1applications per place
- 5.7 km · Hertfordshire20261.9applications 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
- 117218 · 919/2223
- Capacity
- 70 pupils · 39 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0BY
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources