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Roebuck Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 452Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144419URN

St Margarets, Stevenage, SG2 8RG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.5 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

93 applications for 45 places · 234th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
50%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 23 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • 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. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 29 September 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

93 applications · 45 places offered · 43 named it first

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

  1. 2026 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Roebuck Primary School and Nursery (URN 133263), the previous school.

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 202645932.1430.96
Sep 2025561092.0510.91
Sep 2024581272.2540.93
Sep 2023571332.3571.00
Sep 2022591362.3601.02
Sep 2021601512.5601.00
Sep 2020591252.1510.86
Sep 2019581222.1510.88
Sep 201843902.1380.88
Sep 2017601282.1530.88
Sep 2016 *551092.0480.87
Sep 2015 *47962.0390.83
Sep 2014 *30862.9361.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 62% · Maths 66% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%268th of 331 in Hertfordshire
Reading
Expected standard71%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard62%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard66%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2550%9%104103
2023/2455%7%103103
2022/2356%10%105105

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
144419 · 919/2024
Trust
Chiltern Learning Trust
Capacity
420 pupils · 452 on roll
Free school meals
20.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 July 2017
Replaced
Roebuck Primary School and Nursery (URN 133263)
Address
St Margarets, Stevenage, SG2 8RG
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Stevenage

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