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Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery

  • Ofsted: Good · Jun 2023
  • Ages 3 to 11
  • Hitchin SG5
  • 159 pupils

In short: a growing primary school with a nursery. Ofsted rated it Good in 2023. Recent results and attendance are above average.

Young children sitting together at a classroom table
A red-brick school building under a blue sky

Eduscope rank score

How it ranks in England

A score out of 100 against schools of the same phase, from Ofsted, results and attendance.

DfE and Ofsted dataHow we work this out

Good to know

  • Good in all 5 areas at its last graded inspection.
  • Results above average. 80% met the standard. England: 62%.
  • Good attendance. 5% of children are often absent. Hertfordshire: 12%.

Worth checking

  • Nothing stands out in the data. Visit, and ask the questions further down this page.
Check my chances
  • OfstedGoodJun 2023, 3 years ago
  • Met the standard at 1180%Hertfordshire 64% · England 62%
  • Reception, 202620 of 20first choices got a place
  • Free school meals16%Hertfordshire 16%
  • Pupils159Room for 140, plus 22 in nursery
  • Days missed4.3%About 8 days a year
Then and now

Good in 2023

Ofsted rated the school Good in 2013. 10 years later it was still Good.

Every Ofsted visit

Ofsted inspects every state school every few years. Choose a year to see what they found.

Satisfactory at 2 inspections in a row before Good in 2013.

What Ofsted found in June 2023

  • SafeguardingEffective
  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • LeadershipGood
  • Early yearsGood
Read the 2023 report on Ofsted

Earlier visits

  • 25 Jun 2008SatisfactoryReport
  • 25 May 2004No grade givenReport
A teacher helping a group of children working at their tables2022-23 vs now
How the school compares now with 2022-23
Measure2022-23Now
Ofsted gradeGoodGood
Met the standard at 1177%80%
Pupils158159

Mr Paul Edwards, headteacher.

The four grades, in plain English

Outstanding
Much better than the minimum.
Good
Meets every standard well.
Requires improvement
Not yet good. Ofsted will be back soon.
Inadequate
Serious problems that must be fixed.
Results

How children do by age 11

At the end of Year 6, children take national tests (called SATs) in reading, writing and maths. Latest results: summer 2025.

8 in 10 children met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Expected standard means a child is ready for secondary school work in all three subjects. 2025 tests.

80 out of every 100 Year 6 children
Offley Endowed80%
Hertfordshire64%
England62%

25 pupils took these tests in 2025, so one child is about 4 percentage points.

Against 4,383 primary schools with a similar share of children on free school meals (11% to 21%), it's ahead of about 88% on the expected standard over recent years.

A girl reading a book on library stairs

Test scores, 2025

100 means the child met the standard. The highest possible is 120.

Reading110
England106
Maths108
England105

Grammar and spelling: 88% met the standard (England 73%).

Every result, year by yearEach England row is the figure for the same year.
20252024202320222021202020192018
Pupils tested25922–––1721
Met the expected standard80%67%77%–––82%81%
England62%61%60%65%64%
Higher standard12%0%0%–––12%24%
England8%8%8%11%10%
Reading score110107107–––105107
England106105105104105
Maths score108106107–––107105
England105104104105104
Grammar and spelling88%89%95%–––82%86%
England73%72%72%78%78%
Disadvantaged pupils867–––44
Disadvantaged, expected standard88%–43%–––––
England47%44%
Other pupils, expected standard76%–93%–––––
England69%66%
Reading progress––+0.5–––-0.1+1.1
Writing progress––+0.1–––+1.5+2.2
Maths progress––+1.2–––+1.5+0.6

The expected standard is the level the government expects at the end of Year 6, in reading, writing and maths together. The higher standard is well above it. Scores run from 80 to 120, and 100 meets the expected standard.

Disadvantaged pupils are those on free school meals in the last 6 years, or in care. Each group's England row is the same group across England. Small groups swing a lot from year to year, and a dash means DfE published no figure, often to protect small groups.

Progress compares children with others who started from the same point, and 0 is average. There are no scores after 2023, because the Year 2 tests they're measured from were cancelled in Covid.

Source: DfE, Find school and college performance data.

There were no national tests in 2020 and 2021 because of Covid. Tests came back in 2022, but DfE didn't publish school results for that year.

Offley Endowed among primary schools in Hertfordshire

Each dot is one school, placed by the share of children meeting the expected standard.

Hertfordshire 64%England 62%0%25%50%75%100%Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School: 17%Yewtree Primary School: 17%Downfield Primary School: 22%Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School: 23%Oakleaf Primary: 24%Preston Primary School: 27%Westfield Primary School: 30%Pixmore Junior School: 30%St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School: 30%Shenley Primary School: 31%St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery: 31%Ashtree Primary Academy: 31%Hollybush Primary School: 32%Longmeadow Primary School: 32%Shephalbury Park Primary School: 32%Bedmond Academy: 33%Willow Tree Primary School: 33%St Mary's Junior Mixed School: 35%Tewin Cowper Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School: 35%Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School: 36%Saffron Green Primary School: 36%Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery School: 36%Maple Grove Primary School: 36%Shepherd Primary: 37%Kenilworth Primary School: 37%Lodge Farm Primary School: 37%Longlands Primary School and Nursery: 38%Graveley Primary School: 38%Birchwood Avenue Primary School: 38%Woodhall Primary School: 39%Lime Walk Primary School: 39%Summerswood Primary School: 40%Leavesden JMI School: 40%Mary Exton Primary School: 40%St Giles' CofE Primary School: 40%Ralph Sadleir School: 40%Creswick Academy: 40%Highwood Primary School: 41%Bowmansgreen Primary School: 41%Broom Barns Primary School: 41%Chambersbury Primary School: 41%Furneux Pelham Church of England School: 42%St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School: 42%Edwinstree Church of England Middle School: 43%Little Reddings Primary School: 43%Northaw Church of England Primary School: 44%St Cross Catholic Primary School: 45%St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford): 46%Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School: 47%Coates Way JMI and Nursery School: 47%Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School: 47%Avanti Meadows Primary School: 47%Windermere Primary School: 48%Monksmead School: 48%High Leigh Primary School: 48%Priors Wood Primary School: 48%Oughton Primary and Nursery School: 48%Cherry Tree Primary School: 48%Kimpton Primary School: 50%Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School: 50%Weston Primary & Nursery School: 50%St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green: 50%Roselands Primary School: 50%Camps Hill Primary School: 50%Roebuck Academy: 50%Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery: 50%St John Catholic Primary School: 50%Saint Albert the Great Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy: 50%The Holy Family Catholic Primary School: 50%Wheatcroft Primary School: 51%Aycliffe Drive Primary School: 51%Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery: 51%King James Academy Royston: 51%Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery: 52%Micklem Primary School: 52%Giles Junior School: 52%Oakmere Primary School: 52%Springmead Primary School: 52%Dundale Primary School and Nursery: 52%South Hill Primary School: 53%Sandridge School: 53%Holtsmere End Junior School: 53%Spellbrook CofE Primary School: 53%St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch: 53%Broadfield Academy: 53%Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School: 53%Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery: 54%Forres Primary Academy: 54%Four Swannes Primary School: 55%Abel Smith School: 55%Bedwell Primary School: 55%Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School: 55%Churchfield Church of England Academy: 55%Abbots Langley School: 56%Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School: 56%St Catherine's Church of England Primary School: 56%Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School: 56%St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School: 56%St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School: 56%Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School: 57%Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School: 57%St Meryl School: 57%Purwell Primary School: 57%The Reddings Primary School: 57%St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School: 57%Hatfield Community Free School: 57%Our Lady Catholic Primary School: 57%Fairlands Primary School: 57%Parkgate Junior School: 58%Morgans Primary School & Nursery: 58%The Leys Primary and Nursery School: 58%Meryfield Primary School: 58%St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy: 58%Sauncey Wood Primary School: 59%Potten End CofE Primary School: 59%Parkside Community Primary School: 59%Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School: 59%Oakview Primary School: 59%Templewood Primary School: 60%Oaklands Primary School: 60%Thorn Grove Primary School: 60%Bonneygrove Primary School: 60%Millbrook School: 60%St Bartholomew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Wigginton: 60%Margaret Wix Primary School: 61%Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School: 61%Bengeo Primary School: 61%Burleigh Primary School: 61%St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School: 61%All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford: 61%St Anthony's Catholic Primary School: 61%St John Roman Catholic Primary School: 61%Garden City Academy: 61%Jupiter Primary School: 61%De Havilland Primary School: 61%Tudor Primary School: 62%How Wood Primary and Nursery School: 62%Gade Valley Primary School: 62%Homerswood Primary and Nursery School: 62%Woolenwick Junior School: 62%Belswains Primary School: 62%St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford: 62%St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chipperfield: 62%St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School: 62%St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx): 62%Flamstead Village School: 63%Chater Junior School: 63%Widford School: 63%Hurst Drive Primary School: 63%High Wych Church of England Primary School: 63%St Teresa Catholic Primary School: 63%Little Heath Primary School: 63%Wilbury Junior School: 63%Green Lanes Primary School: 64%Knebworth Primary and Nursery School: 64%Lordship Farm Primary School: 64%Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School: 64%Featherstone Wood Primary School: 64%The Grove Academy: 64%Countess Anne Church of England School: 64%The Grange Academy: 64%Waterside Academy: 64%St Paul's Catholic Primary School: 64%Pirton School: 65%Kings Langley Primary School: 65%Commonswood Primary & Nursery School: 65%St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School: 65%Martins Wood Primary School: 65%St Cuthbert Mayne Voluntary Catholic Junior Academy: 65%Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School: 66%Woodlands Primary School: 66%Pixies Hill Primary School: 66%St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S: 66%Boxmoor Primary School: 67%Greenfields Primary School: 67%Redbourn Primary School: 67%Newberries Primary School: 67%Ickleford Primary School: 67%Nash Mills Church of England Primary School: 67%All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Datchworth: 67%Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School: 67%Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School: 67%Hammond Academy: 67%Watford St John's Church of England Primary School: 67%Highover Primary School: 68%Peartree Spring Primary School: 68%Bushey Manor Junior School: 68%Fairfields Primary School and Nursery: 68%Stonehill School: 68%St Michael's Church of England Primary School: 68%Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring: 68%St Joseph Catholic Primary School: 68%St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin: 68%The Thomas Coram Church of England School: 68%Clore Shalom School: 68%The Cranbourne Primary School: 68%Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School: 68%St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy: 68%Central Primary School: 69%Roundwood Primary School: 69%Howe Dell Primary School: 69%Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery: 69%The Ryde School: 69%Codicote Church of England Primary School: 69%Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School: 69%St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School: 69%Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School: 69%Almond Hill Junior School: 70%Eastbury Farm Primary School: 70%The Lea Primary School and Nursery: 70%Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School: 70%St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery: 70%Our Lady Catholic Primary School: 70%Oak View Primary and Nursery School: 70%Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy: 70%Windhill21: 70%Laurance Haines School: 70%Grove Road Primary School: 70%The Orchard Primary School: 70%Little Green Junior School: 71%Camp Primary and Nursery School: 71%St Paul's Walden Primary School: 71%Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School: 71%Brookland Junior School: 71%St Helen's Church of England Primary School: 71%St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School: 71%Whitehill Junior School: 72%Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School: 72%Wormley CofE Primary School: 72%St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School: 72%Flamstead End School: 72%Beechfield School: 72%Knutsford Primary Academy: 72%Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School: 73%Markyate Village School and Nursery: 73%Yorke Mead Primary School: 73%St Peter's School: 73%Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School: 73%St John's CofE Primary School: 73%Summercroft Primary School: 73%Lanchester Primary School: 73%Fair Field Junior School: 73%Warren Dell Primary School: 73%Hartsbourne Primary School: 73%Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School: 73%Ashwell Primary School: 74%Oakwood Primary School: 74%Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School: 74%Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery: 74%Cowley Hill School: 75%George Street Primary School: 75%Samuel Lucas Primary School: 75%Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery School: 75%Ashfield Junior School: 75%Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School: 75%St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School: 75%Bridgewater Primary School: 75%Mandeville Primary School: 75%Ascot Road Primary School: 75%Oxhey Wood Primary School: 75%Peartree Primary School: 75%Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School: 76%Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School: 76%Sarratt Church of England Primary School: 76%Woodside Primary School: 76%Watchlytes Primary School: 76%Cassiobury Junior School: 77%Holwell Primary School: 77%Reedings Junior School: 77%Bournehall Primary School: 77%Mandeville Primary School: 77%Hillmead Primary School: 77%Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School: 77%Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery: 77%Brookmans Park Primary School: 77%The Wroxham School: 77%Alban City School: 77%Hobletts Manor Junior School: 78%Bernards Heath Junior School: 78%Colney Heath Primary School: 78%William Ransom Primary School: 78%Sheredes Primary School: 78%Killigrew Primary and Nursery School: 78%Applecroft School: 78%Fleetville Junior School: 78%Yavneh Primary School: 78%St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery: 78%Walkern Primary School: 79%Greenway Primary and Nursery School: 79%Little Gaddesden Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School: 79%St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School: 79%Round Diamond Primary School: 79%Chorleywood Primary School: 80%Kingsway Junior School: 80%Panshanger Primary School: 80%High Beeches Primary School: 80%Wood End School: 80%Leverstock Green Church of England Primary School: 80%St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School: 80%Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School: 80%Samuel Ryder Academy: 80%Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School: 80%Manor Fields Primary School: 80%Hertsmere Jewish Primary School: 80%Richard Whittington Primary School: 80%Pope Paul Catholic Primary School: 80%Offley Endowed: 80%Two Waters Primary School: 81%Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant School: 81%St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans: 81%Harpenden Academy: 81%St Dominic Catholic Primary School: 81%Little Hadham Primary School: 82%The Grove Junior School: 82%Benington Church of England Primary School: 82%St Michael's Woolmer Green CofE VA Primary School: 82%Northgate Primary School: 82%Bushey Heath Primary School: 83%Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School: 83%Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School: 83%Broxbourne CofE Primary School: 83%Cuffley School: 83%Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy: 83%Simon Balle All-Through School: 84%Holy Rood Catholic Primary School: 84%Mill Mead Primary Academy: 84%London Colney Primary & Nursery School: 85%Field Junior School: 85%Bromet Primary School: 85%The Russell School: 86%St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Langleybury: 86%Crabtree Junior School: 86%Harvey Road Primary School: 87%Thorley Hill Primary School: 87%Cunningham Hill Junior School: 87%Prae Wood Primary School: 87%Brockswood Primary School: 87%Cranborne Primary School: 87%The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans: 87%Wheatfields Junior Mixed School: 87%St Augustine's Catholic Primary School: 87%Skyswood Primary & Nursery School: 87%Nascot Wood Junior School: 88%Manland Primary School: 91%St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School: 91%Bovingdon Primary Academy: 92%Maple Primary School: 93%Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School: 93%Offley Endowed 80%
Offley Endowed is higher than 292 of 347 other Hertfordshire state primary schools in 2025.
Getting in

Could your child get a place?

In 2026 every family who put Offley Endowed first got a place.

29 families applied and 22 were offered Reception places

Families list several schools, so this counts every family who listed it, not only those who put it first. 20 families put it first, and all of them got a place.

● 22 places: each figure is about 10

Over the last 3 rounds, 59 of 60 families who put it first got a place (98%). In 2026, 2 of the 22 places went to families who put it lower or didn't list it, because they came first under the admissions rules. Room for 140 suggests about 20 places a year. The exact number is in the school's admissions policy.

Demand has grown by half in 12 years

Applications each year. The black line is how many places were offered. Applications rose from 23 in 2025 to 29.

ApplicationsPlaces offered

Who gets a place first

When there are more children than places, most schools give places in an order like this. Check the school's own policy.

  1. 1Children in care, or who used to be
  2. 2Children with a brother or sister already at the school
  3. 3Families of the school's faith, if it's a faith school

Good to know: a place in the nursery doesn't guarantee a Reception place. You still need to apply.

How close do you need to live? Ask the council for Hertfordshire for the last distance offered. Many councils publish it each year, but there's no national file, so we don't hold it.

If you don't get a place: you can appeal. In Hertfordshire, 21 of the 155 appeals heard for places from September 2025 succeeded. Across England, 15% did.

A parent walking two children along the pavement
Three children with backpacks crossing a street

Applying for September 2027

These dates are for the next round. The figures above are for children who started in September 2026.

  • Now

    Open days run in the autumn. Ask the school for dates.

  • 15 Jan 2027

    Deadline to apply to the council for Hertfordshire.

  • 16 Apr 2027

    Offers day. You'll hear from the council.

  • Sep 2027

    Your child starts Reception.

Applications and offers, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Applications29233124292123202415181717
First choices2016242020131815208151115
Offers made2216232020131917219161315
Offers to first choices2016231920131815208151115
First choices who got a place100%100%96%95%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
England92%93%93%93%92%92%90%91%91%90%88%88%88%

Each year is the September children started. A first choice is a family who put the school first on their form. Offers are those made on national offer day, so later moves aren't counted. They can differ from the school's full number of places, which is in its admissions policy.

Source: DfE, Applications and offers.

Day to day

Life at Offley Endowed

The average child misses about 8 days a year

That's 4.3% of the school year, for any reason including illness. And 1 in 21 children (5%) missed at least 1 day in 10, which counts as persistently absent. Hertfordshire: 12%. England, primary schools: about 13%.

In schoolMissed

No pupils were suspended in 2024/25

Across England, similar schools: 1.1%. No permanent exclusions.

Nursery classFrom age 3. 22 children this year.

Before and after schoolWe don't hold club times. Ask the school.

Pupils

Who goes to Offley Endowed

A growing school: 114 pupils in 2018, 159 now.

Year 6, in darker blue, is the year group that sits the tests at 11.
Children in front of a bookshelf

Ethnic background

83% White British · 4% White & Black Caribbean · 4% White & Asian · 3% Mixed Other · 6% in smaller groups

  • 16.4%

    Free school meals

    Children from lower-income families. The school gets extra money to support them.

    Hertfordshire15.8%

  • 2.5%

    English as an additional language

    Children who speak another language at home. It says nothing about how well they speak English.

    Hertfordshire21.9%

  • 21.4%

    Special educational needs

    Children with special educational needs, with or without an EHC plan.

    Main needs recorded (pupils)

    • Speech, language and communication12
    • Specific learning difficulty7
    • Social, emotional and mental health6

    Hertfordshire18%

  • 2.5%

    EHC plan

    Children with a legal plan for more complex needs (an Education, Health and Care plan).

Pupils and attendance, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Pupils on roll159166165158151136–119114––––
Days missed–4.3%5.2%6.2%5.8%2.5%–3.9%3.8%3.7%3.5%4%2.9%
England5.2%5.5%5.9%6.3%3.7%4%4.2%4%4%4%3.9%
Often absent–4.8%9.8%17.4%19.5%3.7%–0.9%2.9%5.8%3.7%3.8%1%
England13%14.5%16.2%17.7%8.8%8.2%8.7%8.3%8.2%8.4%8%

Each year is the school year ending that summer, so 2025 means 2024-25. Days missed is the share of school sessions missed for any reason. Often absent is the share of pupils missing at least 1 day in 10.

Source: DfE, school census and pupil absence.

Attendance for 2026 isn't published yet.

2021 attendance was shaped by Covid, so read it with care.

There are no 2020 figures: Covid stopped the attendance count, and we don't hold that year's pupil numbers.

Our pupil numbers start in 2018.

Open day

What to ask when you visit

Based on what the data says about Offley Endowed. Take this list with you.

  1. 1“How will you use the money in reserve?”The school had £141,230 saved at the last count.
  2. 2“Does a nursery place help with getting into Reception?”In 2026, 29 families applied and 22 were offered places.
  3. 3“How do you support children who need extra help?”21.4% of pupils have special educational needs here.
Nearby

Other primary schools nearby

Popular schools fill up, so it's wise to list more than one. Here's how Offley Endowed compares with its neighbours.

See all Hertfordshire primaries
Ofsted: GoodYou're here

Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery

SG5 3AT · Voluntary Aided School · 159 pupils

Met the standard
80%
Days missed
4.3%
Pupils per teacher
19.5
Ofsted: Expected standard or better

Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School

LU2 8PY · State · Primary · Ages 3–11

Met the standard
67%
Days missed
4.6%
Pupils per teacher
10.9
Ofsted: Good

Putteridge Primary School

LU2 8HJ · State · Primary · Ages 4–11

Met the standard
76%
Days missed
4.5%
Pupils per teacher
24.0
Ofsted: Outstanding

Samuel Lucas Primary School

SG5 2JQ · State · Primary · Ages 4–11

Met the standard
75%
Days missed
4.3%
Pupils per teacher
23.3

Keep an eye on Offley Endowed

We'll email you when there's a new Ofsted report, new results or new admissions figures. Nothing else.

Staff and money

Teachers, and what the school spends

1 teacher for every 20 children

Children per teacher across the whole school, not class size. Hertfordshire: 20.2. England, primary schools: 20.7. Counting teaching assistants and other support staff, there's 1 adult for every 9 children.

Average class: 22 children.

7.9teachers (full-time equivalent)
7.6teaching assistants
89%of teachers fully qualified
Pupils in a classroom while their teacher presents
Staff, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011
Pupils per teacher19.519.719.518.920.317.416.616.41714.716.916.418.518.418.515.9
England20.720.820.820.720.620.620.920.920.920.620.520.420.520.520.520.5
Teachers (full-time)7.9888.17.37.57.57.36.78.27.276.35.65.35.3
Teaching assistants7.67.84.75.33.82.53.333.22.72.93.42.12.51.3–
Qualified teachers89%93%93%96%96%97%97%96%100%100%100%100%100%100%98%98%

Each year is the November staff count of that school year, so 2025 means 2024-25. Pupils per teacher covers the whole school, not class size. Full-time counts two half-time teachers as one. Qualified means holding qualified teacher status.

Source: DfE, School workforce in England.

£7,264 spent on each child a year

2025 to 2026. Up from £4,839 in 2015.

  • Staff (teachers, assistants and others)£5,91681%
  • Buildings and grounds£2013%
  • Everything else: books, IT, food, supplies£1,14716%
Money in
£6,811
Spent
£7,264

These are the school's own accounts. In 2025-26 it spent £69,470 more than it took in (£453 per pupil), which comes out of its reserves.

The school had £141,230 saved (£920 per pupil) in 2026. Reserves are for a rainy day, but they're meant to benefit pupils. Worth asking how they'll be used.

Money per pupil, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
202620252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Spending£7,264£6,649£6,316£6,279£6,068£5,605£5,457£5,332£5,215£5,420£4,804£4,839
England£7,039£6,588£6,167£5,758£5,397£5,306£5,126£5,058£5,066
Income£6,811£7,064£6,255£6,656£5,858£6,019£5,546£5,412£5,208£5,221£5,006£4,666
Staff costs£5,916£5,216£4,714£4,381£4,096£4,288£4,200£3,770£3,938£4,110––
Buildings and grounds£201£192£255£523£858£353£168£232£179£165––
Reserves£920£1,338£928£1,009£658£981£595£530£470£652£641£470

Each year is the financial year ending in that year. Per pupil means the year's total divided by the number of pupils. These are day-to-day figures: big building projects aren't counted.

Source: DfE, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

The basics

School details

Ages
3 to 11, with nursery
Type
Voluntary Aided School
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Size
159 pupils (22 in nursery), 140 places
Headteacher
Mr Paul Edwards
Council
Hertfordshire
Address
School Lane, Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3AT
Phone
01462 768392
Website
www.offley.herts.sch.uk
School number (URN)
117445 · See it on the government register
Questions

Questions parents ask

Is Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery a good school?

Ofsted rated it Good in June 2023. In 2025, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% across England. Visit, and read the latest inspection report.

What is Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated it Good in June 2023. Ofsted no longer gives one overall grade, so its next inspection will give a report card that grades each area. The full report on Ofsted's website explains what it does well and what it needs to improve.

What are Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery's SATs results?

In 2025, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% across England. 12% reached the higher standard, against 11% in Hertfordshire and 8% across England. Its average scaled scores were 110 in reading and 108 in maths, where 100 is the expected standard.

How does Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?

80% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2025. That puts it joint 42nd of 348 mainstream state primary schools in Hertfordshire with published results that year.

How hard is it to get a place?

In 2026, 29 families applied and 22 were offered Reception places, and 20 families put it as their first choice. Every family who put it first got a place that year.

Does Offley Endowed have a nursery?

Yes, it has a nursery class. A nursery place doesn't guarantee a Reception place, so you still need to apply.

Is it a faith school?

Yes. Its religious character is Church of England. Faith schools can give priority to families of that faith, so check its admissions policy.

How do you work out the Eduscope rank score?

We compare the school with others of the same phase across England on its latest Ofsted inspection, results and attendance, and turn that into a score out of 100. The weights are on our methodology page. Admissions, staff and money aren't part of it.

Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce, academy accounts, admissions statistics, Ofsted and ISI. Photos are stand-ins. School details and inspections checked against official records on 5 November 2026.

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