Roebuck Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Stevenage, Hertfordshire·SG2 8RG
Composite score
43.0
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#9,875
National rank
#1078
In East of England
#258
In Hertfordshire
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 27/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 45 places
Last place offered lived
0.99 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1589 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0220221.0020230.9320240.9120250.962026

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
3–11
Pupils on roll
452
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,597
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About Roebuck Academy

Roebuck Academy is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 452 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 50% 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 5.0 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% 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 Roebuck Academy their first choice was offered one of its 45 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.99 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 6.2%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. Roebuck Academy 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 above.

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