Graded inspection · Jul 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 8 July 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 27 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry76 applications · 30 places offered · 38 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 1.8; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 76 | 2.5 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 87 | 3.0 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 86 | 2.9 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 96 | 3.2 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 48 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2019 | 31 | 70 | 2.3 | 33 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 27 | 46 | 1.7 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 26 | 44 | 1.7 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 29 | 68 | 2.3 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 32 | 1.07 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 72% · Maths 79% → all three 69% 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 | 69% | 14% | 109 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 7% | 108 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 7% | 109 | 106 |
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
- St Mary Roman Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place
- 0.6 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.6applications per place
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireGood20231.9applications per place
- 3.9 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · HertfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 4.4 km · Cambridgeshire20261.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · HertfordshireGood20222.1applications per place
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138292 · 919/5200
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 227 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2012
- Replaced
- St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 117560)
- Address
- Melbourn Road, Royston, SG8 7DB
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources