Mary Exton Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Hitchin, SG4 0QA
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Purwell Primary School
Fairfield Way, Hitchin, SG4 0PU
Local ranking203rd of 391 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
243
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 57.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 163
- Boys
- 96 (59%)
- Girls
- 67 (41%)
- Capacity
- 243 (67% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.7%
- EAL
- 16.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.9%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,723/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.8%
- White Other: 7.5%
- Other: 5.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- Asian Other: 3.7%
- Asian Chinese: 3.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.9%
65.8%
White British
7.5%
White Other
5.6%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Fairfield Way
Hitchin, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117224
- UKPRN
- 10079569
- Establishment No.
- 2229
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