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Windhill21
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Windhill, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2NE · windhill.herts.sch.uk · 01279 696850
On the mapSearch near CM23 2NE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.13 mi
- 1.81 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 451
- 31 over 420 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.8%
- First language not English
- 29%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Ivy Learning Trust
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 1.13 mi (1.81 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.63 mi (1.01 km). Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 67 families put the school first and 61 places were offered; 88% 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 | 61 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 85 | 1.4▲ | 66% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 60 | 1▲ | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 75 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 91 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.13 mi1.81 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.63 mi1.01 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.72 mi1.15 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.48 mi0.78 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 22% 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% | ||
| ▲22% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Windhill21 was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (164 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 164
- 36% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (18%) with SEND