Sauncey Wood Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Harpenden, Hertfordshire
AL5 5HL
Composite score
46.5

Sauncey Wood Primary School at a glance

Located in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, Sauncey Wood Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 169 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 19.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sauncey Wood Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#8,593
National rank
#920
In East of England
#228
In Hertfordshire
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 169 % FSM ever-6 27.8% % EAL 16.6% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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