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Creswick Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City AL7 4FL · creswick.herts.sch.uk · 01707 323038
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 325
- 71% of 459 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.2%
- First language not English
- 15.4%
- 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, 35 families put the school first and 37 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 | 37 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 53 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 117229)
Ofsted
Creswick Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117229)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 117229), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117229)
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117229)
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117229)
Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117229)