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Roger De Clare First CofE School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Voluntary controlled

Station Road, Puckeridge, Ware SG11 1TF · rogerdeclare.herts.sch.uk · 01920 821363

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
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
211
70% of 300 places
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
12.9%
First language not English
3.8%
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, 27 families put the school first and 27 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

20222023202420252026September 2022: 41 (Places 43)41September 2023: 33 (Places 35)33September 2024: 26 (Places 29)26September 2025: 37 (Places 38)37September 2026: 27 (Places 27)27Places 27
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202627271100%
September 2025Sept 202538371100%
September 2024Sept 202429260.9100%
September 2023Sept 202335330.9100%
September 2022Sept 202243411100%

Last distance offered

ReceptionDistance
September 2026All
September 2024All
September 2022All
September 20254.32 mi6.95 km

Every applicant was offered a place (28 allocations for 30 places).

Every applicant was offered a place (30 allocations for 60 places).

Every applicant was offered a place (46 allocations for 60 places).

Ofsted

Roger De Clare First CofE School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
30 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2021Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Early yearsRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding

What parents said

88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
88%
Replies
25
10% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▲92% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲92% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●84% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲92% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲92% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●80% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly●76% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲60% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 20% who had a child bullied

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