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Voluntary aided school · Hertfordshire

Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 46Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 117420URN

School Lane, Ardeley, Stevenage, SG2 7AJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.0per place
1.4 above Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

12 applications for 3 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 September 2022Ofsted'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
4.0applications per place, Reception
1.4 above Hertfordshire median (2.6) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

12 applications · 3 places offered · 3 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20263124.031.00
Sep 2025691.550.83
Sep 20246172.850.83
Sep 202310191.980.80
Sep 20229252.870.78
Sep 202111312.8100.91
Sep 202014271.9130.93
Sep 201911322.9100.91
Sep 201815302.0161.07
Sep 201715312.1120.80
Sep 201610303.080.80
Sep 201510333.390.90
Sep 201410232.390.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/230%0%10093

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

  • 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
117420 · 919/3306
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
90 pupils · 46 on roll
Free school meals
40.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
School Lane, Ardeley, Stevenage, SG2 7AJ
Local authority
Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire

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