Tannery Drift School

Community school·First school Royston, Hertfordshire·SG8 5DE

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Tannery Drift School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

52 first choices, 55 places

First choices per place

0.94

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

124

any preference, for 55 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8420220.9220231.0820241.0820250.942026

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

Every child who put Tannery Drift School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 325
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

9.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

14.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

5.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,301

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School Royston · 0.5 mi 61.2 King James Academy Royston Royston · 0.8 mi 35.5 Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School Nr Buntingford · 4.5 mi 53.4 Ashwell Primary School Baldock · 5.3 mi 83.1 Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford · 7.0 mi 30.3 Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School Baldock · 7.8 mi 52.1 St John Roman Catholic Primary School Baldock · 8.0 mi 39.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Tannery Drift School

Tannery Drift School is a primary school in Royston, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 325 pupils aged 3 to 9 attend the school.

Tannery Drift School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 52 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Tannery Drift 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.