Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry89 applications · 42 places offered · 41 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 89 | 2.1 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 56 | 99 | 1.8 | 55 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 43 | 93 | 2.2 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 115 | 1.9 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 123 | 2.1 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 122 | 2.0 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 58 | 107 | 1.8 | 53 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 58 | 104 | 1.8 | 58 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 45 | 105 | 2.3 | 56 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2016 | 45 | 103 | 2.3 | 57 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 | 45 | 82 | 1.8 | 42 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 45 | 77 | 1.7 | 41 | 0.91 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Millfield First and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place
- 0.7 km · Hertfordshire20264.0applications per place
- 1.2 km · Hertfordshire20261.9applications per place
- 3.8 km · HertfordshireGood20241.4applications per place
- 5.5 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place
- 5.6 km · HertfordshireGood20224.0applications per place
- 5.7 km · Hertfordshire20266.5applications per place
- 6.5 km · HertfordshireGood20232.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 6.6 km · Hertfordshire20263.0applications per place 57%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
- 117309 · 919/2386
- Capacity
- 352 pupils · 311 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Monks Walk, Buntingford, SG9 9DT
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources