St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B79
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Hitchin, SG4 9RD
- Distance
- 0.5km away
William Ransom Primary School
Stuart Drive, Hitchin, SG4 9QB
Local ranking147th of 391 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 78.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 422
- Boys
- 212 (50%)
- Girls
- 210 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (100% full)
- SEND
- 11.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 2.8%
- EAL
- 11.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 7.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,614/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 4.6% 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: 57.9%
- White Other: 11.5%
- Asian Indian: 6.7%
- Asian Other: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 5.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Asian Chinese: 2.2%
- Other: 1.9%
57.9%
White British
11.5%
White Other
6.7%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Stuart Drive
Hitchin, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117314
- UKPRN
- 10071997
- Establishment No.
- 2392
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