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Wheatcroft Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Stanstead Road, Hertford SG13 7HQ · wheatcroft.herts.sch.uk · 01992 587899
On the mapSearch near SG13 7HQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 51%
- 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
- 319
- 4 over 315 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- First language not English
- 12.5%
- 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, 31 families put the school first and 32 places were offered; 100% 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 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 32 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 46 | 1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 32 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2025 | 1.39 mi2.24 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.28 mi2.06 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (35 allocations for 45 places).
Every applicant was offered a place (32 allocations for 45 places).
Results
In 2024/25, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ▼51% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Wheatcroft Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Nov 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, May 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (132 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 132
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (9%) with SEND