Ofsted inspection · 20/07/2022
Overview of Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School · Primary · Hertfordshire
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 17% | 8% | 83% | 33% | 50% | 8% | 33% | 8% | 67% | 58% | 107.0 | 98.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 80 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 46% | 23% | 46% | 0% | 69% | 38% | 46% | 54% | 101.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 | — | — | — | 34% | 86 |
| 2022/23 | 38% | 0% | 69% | 31% | 46% | 8% | 54% | 0% | 38% | 54% | 104.0 | 99.0 | 103.0 | -1.50 | -3.70 | -5.10 | 25% | 93 |
| 2018/19 | 60% | 10% | 60% | 10% | 70% | 10% | 80% | 30% | 70% | 70% | 100.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | -0.80 | -0.10 | +2.60 | 13% | 93 |
| 2017/18 | 50% | 8% | 58% | 17% | 67% | 33% | 58% | 17% | 67% | 42% | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 | -2.20 | +2.80 | -1.70 | 15% | 92 |
| 2016/17 | 60% | 20% | 80% | 30% | 100% | 40% | 60% | 30% | 80% | 80% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | +1.00 | +4.90 | +0.60 | 11% | 85 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 80 | 14.9 | 24% | 9% | 26% | 6% | 13% |
| 2023/24 | 86 | 20.9 | 34% | 8% | 26% | 9% | 32% |
| 2022/23 | 93 | 14.9 | 25% | 8% | 24% | 10% | 28% |
| 2021/22 | 95 | 14.6 | 20% | 5% | 26% | 9% | 29% |
| 2020/21 | 92 | 14.8 | 20% | 4% | 24% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 93 | 16.0 | 13% | 3% | 18% | 8% | 28% |
| 2017/18 | 92 | 14.2 | 15% | 2% | 25% | 11% | 38% |
| 2016/17 | 85 | 19.4 | 11% | 0% | 32% | 8% | 27% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.