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Shepherd Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Shepherd's Lane, Rickmansworth WD3 8JJ · shepherd.herts.sch.uk · 01923 773478
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 37%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 179
- 60% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.7%
- First language not English
- 29.6%
- 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, 20 families put the school first and 26 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 | 26 | 20 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 17 | 13 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 24 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 37% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▼37% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼99 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Shepherd Primary was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Jun 2023
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 58
- 27% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (22%) with SEND