Anstey First School

Community school·First school Buntingford, Hertfordshire·SG9 0BY

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Anstey First School is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. 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%

2 first choices, 2 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 2 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020221.2020230.8620240.8920251.002026

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

Every child who put Anstey First 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).

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 44
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

34.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

33.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

9.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£13,676

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford · 3.4 mi 30.3 Furneux Pelham Church of England School Furneux Pelham · 3.5 mi 27.3 Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School Nr Buntingford · 5.3 mi 53.4 Albury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Albury · 5.4 mi 44.3 St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School Royston · 5.8 mi 61.2 King James Academy Royston Royston · 5.9 mi 35.5 Ralph Sadleir School Ware · 6.2 mi 27.2 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Ware · 6.2 mi 51.6

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 Anstey First School

Anstey First School is a primary school in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 44 pupils aged 2 to 9 attend the school.

Anstey First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 2 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 9.9 pupils per teacher. Anstey First 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.