Barkway VA Church of England First School

Voluntary aided school·First school Barkway, Hertfordshire·SG8 8EF

School type

First school

Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Barkway VA Church of England First School is a first school for pupils aged 4–9. 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%

4 first choices, 5 places

First choices per place

0.80

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 5 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9020220.6720231.0020241.0020250.802026

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

Every child who put Barkway VA Church of England 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).

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

School profile

Age range: 4–9
Pupils on roll: 33
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

50.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

9.1%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

6.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

9.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

45.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

10.9

Typical primary: 20.7

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

Nearby primary schools

St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School Royston · 3.7 mi 61.2 King James Academy Royston Royston · 3.9 mi 35.5 Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford · 4.0 mi 30.3 Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School Nr Buntingford · 4.0 mi 53.4 Furneux Pelham Church of England School Furneux Pelham · 5.6 mi 27.3 Albury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Albury · 7.4 mi 44.3 Ashwell Primary School Baldock · 7.7 mi 83.1 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Ware · 7.7 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 Barkway VA Church of England First School

Barkway VA Church of England First School is a primary school in Barkway, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 33 pupils aged 4 to 9 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

Barkway VA Church of England First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 4 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 9.1%. There are about 10.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 50% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.