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Voluntary aided school · Hertfordshire

Hormead Church of England (VA) First School

  • 2–9Ages
  • 143Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 117439URN

Great Hormead, Buntingford, SG9 0NR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

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

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

38 applications for 27 places · 311th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 May 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
1.4applications per place, Reception
1.2 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

38 applications · 27 places offered · 26 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.8; 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 202627381.4260.96
Sep 202516372.3161.00
Sep 202417563.3171.00
Sep 202321422.0160.76
Sep 202222663.0231.05
Sep 202115604.0161.07
Sep 202020251.370.35
Sep 201915432.9161.07
Sep 201813322.5131.00
Sep 201715302.090.60
Sep 201612242.080.67
Sep 20154123.041.00
Sep 20144112.841.00

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
117439 · 919/3347
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
109 pupils · 143 on roll
Free school meals
12.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Great Hormead, Buntingford, SG9 0NR
Local authority
Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire

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