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Roman Way Academy

  • 3–9Ages
  • 219Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 147008URN

Burns Road, Royston, SG8 5EQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.7 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

63 applications for 33 places · 267th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 September 2023Ofsted'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
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

63 applications · 33 places offered · 33 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 1.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 1.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Roman Way First School (URN 117332), 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 202633631.9331.00
Sep 202538641.7280.74
Sep 202436421.2210.58
Sep 202342481.1190.45
Sep 202232441.4250.78
Sep 202130451.5250.83
Sep 202039421.1250.64
Sep 201914161.1161.14
Sep 2018 *20492.5190.95
Sep 2017 *42761.8320.76
Sep 2016 *41872.1390.95
Sep 2015 *41731.8400.98
Sep 2014 *45801.8451.00

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
147008 · 919/2089
Trust
The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust
Capacity
277 pupils · 219 on roll
Free school meals
18.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2019
Replaced
Roman Way First School (URN 117332)
Address
Burns Road, Royston, SG8 5EQ
Local authority
Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire

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