Mandeville Primary School

Community school·Primary school Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire·CM21 0BL
Composite score
57.0
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#4,833
National rank
#493
In East of England
#138
In Hertfordshire
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
52 first choices, 52 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
115
any preference, for 52 places
Applications from another council area
17%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Mandeville Primary 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
282
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,415
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Mandeville Primary School

Mandeville Primary School is a primary school in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 282 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Mandeville Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 52 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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