Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Hertfordshire·SG13 7QW
Composite score
29.2
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#13,479
National rank
#1491
In East of England
#309
In Hertfordshire
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
30 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
67
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
1.29 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2072 m
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320220.6420231.0020240.9720251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
196
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,144
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School

Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 196 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 36% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 12.0 percentage points compared with 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 106 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 90% of the families who made Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.29 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery 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 above.

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