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Summercroft Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BJ · summercroft.herts.sch.uk · 01279 307477
On the mapSearch near CM23 5BJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.80 mi
- 2.90 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 436
- 97% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8%
- First language not English
- 13.8%
- 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 1.80 mi (2.90 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.89 mi (1.43 km). Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 98% 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 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 89% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 60 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 95% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.80 mi2.90 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.89 mi1.43 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.01 mi1.63 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place (46 allocations for 60 places).
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Summercroft Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 48
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (25%) with SEND