Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 9 November 2021Graded 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 entry43 applications · 13 places offered · 9 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 5.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 4.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 6.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 5.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 4.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 4.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 8.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 6.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 6.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 7.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 6.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 7.5; 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 | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 9 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 8 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2022 | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 4 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 6 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 12 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 15 | 94 | 6.3 | 10 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 11 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 15 | 112 | 7.5 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 | 15 | 103 | 6.9 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 15 | 112 | 7.5 | 14 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 67% · Maths 60% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 53% | 20% | 105 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 13% | 109 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 31% | 109 | 107 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Spellbrook CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.3applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- Standards maintained20242.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving202477%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · HertfordshireGood20232.2applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20242.1applications per place
- 2.5 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20194.4applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20244.1applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Hertfordshire20262.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20242.8applications per place 60%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
- 117405 · 919/3038
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 120 pupils · 105 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- London Road, Spellbrook, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4BA
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources