Springmead Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire·AL7 2HB
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
52%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
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%
22 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.76
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
50
any preference, for 29 places
Last place offered lived
0.97 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1555 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.41
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020221.0320231.0020241.1720250.762026

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
263
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,779
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Springmead Primary School

Springmead Primary School is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 263 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 52% 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 14.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 43% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% 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 Springmead Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.97 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 4.6%. There are about 18.5 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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