William Ransom Primary School | Primary in Hitchin, North Hertfordshire | Ofsted & DfE

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

422

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

422

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

422

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 04/12/2014

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityHertfordshire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio25.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of William Ransom Primary School · Primary · Hertfordshire

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

78%

+6pp

79%74%68%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 78%

RWM higher standard

-7pp

16%12%8%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

87%

Reading higher standard

58%

Writing expected standard

80%

Writing higher standard

15%

Maths expected standard

85%

Maths higher standard

28%

Science expected standard

95%

SPAG expected standard

85%

SPAG higher standard

47%

Reading scaled score

109.0

Maths scaled score

107.0

GPS scaled score

109.0

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

422

Pupil : teacher ratio

25.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

11%

FSM eligible

SEN

11%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Stuart Drive, Hitchin, SG4 9QB

Local authority

Hertfordshire

Website

www.wransom.co.uk/

Telephone

01462624777

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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	78%	8%	87%	58%	80%	15%	85%	28%	95%	85%	109.0	107.0	109.0	—	—	—	11%	422
2023/24	72%	15%	92%	53%	78%	23%	83%	32%	93%	90%	109.0	106.0	108.0	—	—	—	10%	422
2022/23	68%	8%	95%	66%	71%	8%	85%	37%	93%	93%	111.0	107.0	109.0	+3.90	-2.50	+0.70	10%	419
2018/19	79%	13%	87%	34%	92%	26%	82%	26%	100%	92%	107.0	106.0	110.0	+2.40	+1.70	+0.30	8%	335
2017/18	76%	16%	89%	50%	87%	29%	84%	29%	97%	89%	109.0	106.0	110.0	+1.90	-0.30	-0.50	7%	309
2016/17	76%	11%	95%	61%	82%	16%	87%	37%	97%	97%	111.0	107.0	111.0	+4.10	-1.40	+0.50	6%	288

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	422	22.9	11%	11%	3%	3%	5%
2023/24	422	21.9	10%	13%	3%	3%	5%
2022/23	419	22.1	10%	10%	3%	4%	5%
2021/22	402	25.4	10%	10%	2%	5%	9%
2020/21	382	21.3	10%	9%	1%	—	—
2018/19	335	24.1	8%	10%	1%	2%	2%
2017/18	309	22.0	7%	11%	1%	2%	3%
2016/17	288	25.4	6%	14%	1%	2%	2%