Holwell Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B76
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3RP
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Blackthorn Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3JP
Local ranking275th of 391 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
450
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 80.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 13.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 56
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 422
- Boys
- 205 (49%)
- Girls
- 217 (51%)
- Capacity
- 450 (94% full)
- SEND
- 23.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.8%
- EAL
- 10.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 19.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,741/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.7% 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: 64.4%
- White Other: 8.6%
- Asian Other: 4.0%
- Black African: 4.0%
- Asian Indian: 3.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
64.4%
White British
8.6%
White Other
4.0%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Blackthorn Road
Welwyn Garden City, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 133488
- UKPRN
- 10069427
- Establishment No.
- 2027
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