Creswick Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire·AL7 4FL
Composite score
26.0
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#13,919
National rank
#1560
In East of England
#320
In Hertfordshire
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
40%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
35 first choices, 37 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
71
any preference, for 37 places

Every child who put Creswick Academy 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
374
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,071
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Creswick Academy

Creswick Academy is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 374 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Creswick Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 35 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Creswick Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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