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Oak View Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Woods Avenue, Hatfield AL10 8NW · oakview.herts.sch.uk · 01707 280590
On the mapSearch near AL10 8NW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 395
- 89% of 446 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.9%
- First language not English
- 44.3%
- 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, 28 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.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 32 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 35 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 33 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% 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 | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Oak View Primary and Nursery School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 57
- 13% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied