Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Hitchin, SG5 1NS
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Samuel Lucas Primary School
Gaping Lane, Hitchin, SG5 2JQ
Local ranking22nd of 388 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 3 October 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 75.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 25.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 419
- Boys
- 217 (52%)
- Girls
- 199 (48%)
- Capacity
- 420 (99% full)
- SEND
- 11.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 5.7%
- EAL
- 10.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 9.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,897/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.1% 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: 70.5%
- White Other: 9.0%
- Asian Indian: 5.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.4%
- White Irish: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Asian Chinese: 1.2%
70.5%
White British
9.0%
White Other
5.6%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Gaping Lane
Hitchin, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117337
- UKPRN
- 10076908
- Establishment No.
- 2428
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