Forres Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire·EN11 0RW
Composite score
39.8
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#10,961
National rank
#1183
In East of England
#273
In Hertfordshire
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.64
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
4%

Every child who put Forres Primary 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
234
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,150
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Forres Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, Forres Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 234 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 54% 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%). 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 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 Forres Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Forres Primary 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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