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Maple Grove Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 206Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 135221URN

St Agnell's Lane, Grove Hill, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7BG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.4 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

49 applications for 22 places · 203rd of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
36%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 8 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 26 September 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

49 applications · 22 places offered · 18 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 1.3; 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 202622492.2180.82
Sep 202519462.4140.74
Sep 202425682.7190.76
Sep 202327662.4240.89
Sep 202223672.9190.83
Sep 202130973.2290.97
Sep 2020301013.4371.23
Sep 201930782.6331.10
Sep 201830632.1371.23
Sep 201730531.8280.93
Sep 201621492.3140.67
Sep 201530692.3351.17
Sep 201429381.3150.52

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 57% · Maths 57% → all three 36% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard36%311th of 331 in Hertfordshire
Reading
Expected standard50%
Higher standard18%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard57%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard57%
Higher standard11%
Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2536%0%10199
2023/2417%0%10197
2022/2331%7%10399

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
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
135221 · 919/3987
Capacity
210 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals
33.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2008
Address
St Agnell's Lane, Grove Hill, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7BG
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Dacorum

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