Priors Wood Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Ware, Hertfordshire
SG12 7HZ
Composite score
31.2

School overview

Priors Wood Primary School is a primary school serving Ware, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 222 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 48% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 17.0 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Priors 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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#13,174
National rank
#1457
In East of England
#303
In Hertfordshire
Top 89%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
48%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

School profile

Pupils on roll 222 % FSM ever-6 20.4% % EAL 5.9% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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