Report card · inspected Jun 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
- 23 June 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 31 October 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry36 applications · 9 places offered · 8 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 2.6; 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 | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 18 | 59 | 3.3 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 77 | 2.7 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 116 | 3.9 | 54 | 1.80 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 93 | 3.1 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 88 | 2.9 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 44 | 1.47 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Layston Church of England First SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.0applications per place
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireGood20232.1applications per place
- 1.4 km · Hertfordshire20261.9applications per place
- 3.2 km · HertfordshireGood20241.4applications per place
- 5.0 km · Hertfordshire20266.5applications per place
- 5.7 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place
- 6.1 km · HertfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 6.3 km · HertfordshireGood20224.0applications per place
- 6.5 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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117390 · 919/3011
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 124 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- The Causeway, Buntingford, SG9 9EU
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources