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Ascot Road Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Ascot Road, Watford WD18 8AD · ascotroad.herts.sch.uk · 01923 801559
On the mapSearch near WD18 8AD
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 391
- 93% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 23.8%
- First language not English
- 51.4%
- 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, 42 families put the school first and 53 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 | 53 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 47 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●105 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ascot Road Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 May 2024
- 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: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
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
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 55
- 14% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied