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Manor Fields Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Penningtons, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4LE · manorfields.herts.sch.uk · 01279 504435
On the mapSearch near CM23 4LE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 449
- 97% of 465 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.7%
- First language not English
- 11.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 71 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 83% 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 | 60 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 117380)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Manor Fields Primary School on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 117380), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117380)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (144 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 144
- 32% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (12%) with SEND