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
- 21 April 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry90 applications · 57 places offered · 48 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 1.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 57 | 90 | 1.6 | 48 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 69 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 56 | 124 | 2.2 | 57 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 58 | 115 | 2.0 | 53 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 111 | 1.9 | 50 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 57 | 113 | 2.0 | 70 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 122 | 2.1 | 63 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 104 | 1.7 | 48 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 108 | 1.8 | 43 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 92 | 1.5 | 47 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 | 47 | 76 | 1.6 | 40 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 | 58 | 89 | 1.5 | 50 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 | 59 | 107 | 1.8 | 55 | 0.93 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place
- 0.1 km · HertfordshireRemains Good202353%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Hertfordshire20262.2applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireGood20233.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireSome aspects not as strong20241.7applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · HertfordshireGood20222.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · HertfordshireSpecial measures 20262.1applications per place 17%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20232.6applications 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
- 117377 · 919/2995
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 201 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Shenley Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7JZ
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Dacorum
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources