Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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 |
Inspection history
- 17 January 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 15 January 2020Ungraded 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 entry1 applications · 0 places offered · 0 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2024 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 6.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 1.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 2.3; 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Sep 2024 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sep 2022 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2021 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2015 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Barley (VA) Church of England First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood2023
- 3.4 km · HertfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 4.3 km · HertfordshireGood20222.1applications per place
- 4.3 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.6applications per place
- 4.5 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place
- 20261.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place
- 5.7 km · Hertfordshire20266.5applications 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117386 · 919/3006
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 25 on roll
- Free school meals
- 32.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Church End, Barley, Royston, SG8 8JW
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources