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Roman Way Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Sponsored academy
Burns Road, Royston SG8 5EQ · romanway.herts.sch.uk · 01763 241535
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 219
- 79% of 277 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.9%
- First language not English
- 15.5%
- 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, 33 families put the school first and 33 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 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 38 | 28 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 21 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 19 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Roman Way Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Sept 2023
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jul 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 117332), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117332)
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117332)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 51
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied