Commonswood Primary & Nursery School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4RU
- Distance
- 0.2km away
James Marks Academy
The Commons, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4RZ
Ofsted: Strong
Independent
Phase
60
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2023-24*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
- Cohort Size
- 2
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 51
- Boys
- 34 (67%)
- Girls
- 17 (33%)
- Capacity
- 60 (85% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.4%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 98.0%
- SEN Support
- 2.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £28,510/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 24.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 65.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools special
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.9%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
93.9%
White British
2.0%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
The Commons
Welwyn Garden City, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 149736
- UKPRN
- 10093052
- Establishment No.
- 7030
- Trust
- JAMES MARKS ACADEMY TRUST
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- B76Holwell Primary School
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