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Voluntary controlled school · Hertfordshire

Roger De Clare First CofE School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 211Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 117406URN

Station Road, Puckeridge, Ware, SG11 1TF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
1.1 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

40 applications for 27 places · 305th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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 entry
1.5applications per place, Reception
1.1 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

40 applications · 27 places offered · 27 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 1.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202627401.5271.00
Sep 202538551.5370.97
Sep 202429511.8260.90
Sep 202335561.6330.94
Sep 202243741.7410.95
Sep 202149931.9460.94
Sep 202054881.6520.96
Sep 201954751.4500.93
Sep 201839681.7360.92
Sep 201750851.7440.88
Sep 201639731.9370.95
Sep 201558851.5570.98
Sep 201440741.9390.98

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
117406 · 919/3039
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
300 pupils · 211 on roll
Free school meals
12.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Station Road, Puckeridge, Ware, SG11 1TF
Local authority
Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources