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Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Longcroft Drive, Waltham Cross EN8 7QG · holdbrook.herts.sch.uk · 01992 716789
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 52%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 210
- 89% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 43.9%
- First language not English
- 53.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 22 families put the school first and 23 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼52% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 January 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jan 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- May 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Feb 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 2 January 2022).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 13
- 7% · 2 Jan 2022
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied