Purwell Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Hitchin, SG4 0PU
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Highover Primary School
Cambridge Road, Hitchin, SG4 0JP
Local ranking16th of 388 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 28 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 68.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 15.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 434
- Boys
- 208 (48%)
- Girls
- 225 (52%)
- Capacity
- 420 (103% full)
- SEND
- 20.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 7.2%
- EAL
- 12.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 17.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,901/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 3.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 66.5%
- Asian Indian: 4.9%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.5%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.8%
66.5%
White British
4.9%
Asian Indian
4.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cambridge Road
Hitchin, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117115
- UKPRN
- 10079591
- Establishment No.
- 2057
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