Jupiter Primary School

Free schools·Primary school Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire·HP2 5NT
Composite score
52.5
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#6,386
National rank
#673
In East of England
#176
In Hertfordshire
Top 43%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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%
44 first choices, 53 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
119
any preference, for 53 places
Last place offered lived
2.09 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 3357 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6820220.8320230.8420240.7420250.832026

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 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
410
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,637
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Jupiter Primary School at a glance

Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Jupiter Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 410 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 43% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% 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 Jupiter Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 53 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.09 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 6.6%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. 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.

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