Spellbrook CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire·CM23 4BA
Composite score
57.8
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#4,601
National rank
#465
In East of England
#135
In Hertfordshire
Top 31%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
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%
9 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
0.69
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
43
any preference, for 13 places
Last place offered lived
5.05 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 8122 m
Applications from another council area
19%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.18
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1 per place
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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
116
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,649
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Spellbrook CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, Spellbrook CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 116 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 53% 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 16.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 31% 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). 20% 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 Spellbrook CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 13 Reception places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 5.05 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 6.8%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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