Graded inspection · Apr 2023 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry51 applications · 20 places offered · 13 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2024 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2023 4.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2022 4.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2020 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as Holywell Primary School (URN 117290), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 20 | 51 | 2.6 | 13 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2025 * | 20 | 67 | 3.4 | 8 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2024 * | 16 | 64 | 4.0 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 * | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 14 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2022 * | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 * | 20 | 73 | 3.7 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 * | 39 | 98 | 2.5 | 26 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2019 * | 44 | 106 | 2.4 | 38 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 * | 44 | 101 | 2.3 | 37 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 * | 70 | 92 | 1.3 | 33 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2016 * | 51 | 104 | 2.0 | 36 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2015 * | 67 | 116 | 1.7 | 47 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2014 * | 87 | 102 | 1.2 | 48 | 0.55 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Willow Tree Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20232.6applications per place
- 0.4 km · Hertfordshire20262.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireGood20242.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20242.7applications per place
- 1.5 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade202463%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place
- 1.8 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained202485%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Hertfordshire20262.6applications 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
- 151528 · 919/2349
- Trust
- Inclusive Multi Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 274 pupils · 185 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2025
- Replaced
- Holywell Primary School (URN 117290)
- Address
- Tolpits Lane, Watford, WD18 6LL
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Watford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources