Dundale Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Tring, Hertfordshire·HP23 5DJ
Composite score
33.8
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#12,644
National rank
#1399
In East of England
#297
In Hertfordshire
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
79
any preference, for 16 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5520220.5720230.9420240.7420250.752026

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

Every child who put Dundale Primary School and Nursery 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
197
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,494
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Dundale Primary School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Tring, Hertfordshire, Dundale Primary School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 197 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Dundale Primary School and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 12 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. Dundale Primary School and Nursery 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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