St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad Oak | School performance

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 21/06/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio13.1:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad Oak · Primary · Essex

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

56%

56%50%43%

'17'18'19'23'25

'25 · 56%

RWM higher standard

7%4%0%

'17'18'19'23'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

78%

Reading higher standard

11%

Writing expected standard

67%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

67%

Maths higher standard

22%

Science expected standard

100%

SPAG expected standard

56%

SPAG higher standard

11%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

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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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

13.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

18%

SEN

18%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7HH

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.lhandsmhboschools.co.uk

Telephone

01279718267

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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	56%	0%	78%	11%	67%	0%	67%	22%	100%	56%	103.0	103.0	102.0	—	—	—	18%	45
2023/24	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	—	—	—	20%	54
2022/23	50%	0%	70%	20%	60%	0%	50%	10%	70%	60%	104.0	99.0	101.0	-3.10	-3.90	-6.30	34%	53
2018/19	55%	0%	73%	0%	64%	18%	55%	9%	73%	55%	101.0	100.0	101.0	-4.10	-4.50	-4.20	23%	92
2017/18	44%	0%	67%	33%	56%	0%	83%	11%	72%	61%	104.0	104.0	104.0	+0.30	-5.60	+1.40	23%	102
2016/17	43%	7%	57%	14%	79%	21%	57%	14%	64%	71%	102.0	101.0	104.0	-4.10	-0.90	-5.60	27%	108

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	45	11.7	18%	2%	18%	5%	12%
2023/24	54	19.3	20%	2%	17%	6%	18%
2022/23	53	13.3	34%	2%	15%	6%	15%
2021/22	63	16.6	40%	2%	8%	7%	23%
2020/21	73	18.7	30%	1%	7%	—	—
2018/19	92	18.1	23%	0%	12%	4%	14%
2017/18	102	23.4	23%	1%	13%	5%	7%
2016/17	108	18.0	27%	2%	12%	4%	5%