Buntingford First School

Free schools·First school Buntingford, Hertfordshire·SG9 9HZ

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Buntingford First School is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. 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%

46 first choices, 47 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 47 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

n/a2022n/a20230.9420240.9720250.982026

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

Every child who put Buntingford 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).

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 123
Gender: Mixed
Admissions: Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

23.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

13.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

18.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,814

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford · 1.1 mi 30.3 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Ware · 3.4 mi 51.6 Ralph Sadleir School Ware · 3.5 mi 27.2 Furneux Pelham Church of England School Furneux Pelham · 3.9 mi 27.3 Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ware · 4.6 mi 36.4 Albury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Albury · 4.7 mi 44.3 Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School Nr Buntingford · 4.8 mi 53.4 Benington Church of England Primary School Stevenage · 5.1 mi 60.3

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

Buntingford First School at a glance

Located in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, Buntingford First School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 123 pupils aged 2 to 9.

Buntingford First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 46 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. Buntingford First School 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.