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Widford School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Ware Road, Widford, Widford Herts SG12 8RE · fwhs.co.uk · 01279 842681
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.18 mi
- 1.90 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 65
- 1 over 64 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 3.1%
- First language not English
- 6.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Not Nearest School” went to a home 1.18 mi (1.90 km) from the school. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 11 families put the school first and 9 places were offered; 73% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 9 | 11 | 1.2▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.18 mi1.90 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.58 mi2.54 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place (3 allocations for 8 places).
Every applicant was offered a place (6 allocations for 8 places).
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Widford School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2017Requires 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 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 26
- 55% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied