Wood End School | Primary in Harpenden, St Albans | Ofsted & DfE

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

33%

RWM higher · 2024/25

460

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

33%

RWM higher · 2024/25

460

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

33%

RWM higher · 2024/25

460

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 14/11/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityHertfordshire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio22.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Wood End School · Primary · Hertfordshire

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

80%

-12pp

94%87%80%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

33%

-10pp

43%36%28%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 33%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

87%

Reading higher standard

62%

Writing expected standard

92%

Writing higher standard

45%

Maths expected standard

92%

Maths higher standard

50%

Science expected standard

100%

SPAG expected standard

82%

SPAG higher standard

48%

Reading scaled score

110.0

Maths scaled score

109.0

GPS scaled score

108.0

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

460

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

SEN

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Yeomans Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 3EF

Local authority

Hertfordshire

Website

http://www.woodend.herts.sch.uk/

Telephone

01582761636

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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	80%	33%	87%	62%	92%	45%	92%	50%	100%	82%	110.0	109.0	108.0	—	—	—	5%	460
2023/24	92%	43%	95%	80%	95%	50%	93%	63%	97%	95%	113.0	111.0	112.0	—	—	—	4%	452
2022/23	82%	28%	89%	57%	87%	41%	89%	49%	97%	92%	111.0	109.0	110.0	+3.10	+2.80	+2.80	5%	455
2018/19	94%	40%	98%	67%	100%	53%	96%	59%	100%	100%	112.0	110.0	112.0	+4.00	+3.00	+2.30	6%	523
2017/18	89%	43%	95%	67%	93%	56%	92%	59%	98%	97%	111.0	111.0	113.0	+3.20	+2.90	+3.40	5%	512
2016/17	83%	41%	93%	64%	88%	49%	93%	69%	92%	93%	112.0	110.0	111.0	+3.10	+0.60	+2.50	6%	529

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	460	23.0	5%	9%	2%	3%	5%
2023/24	452	21.6	4%	8%	1%	4%	5%
2022/23	455	22.6	5%	9%	2%	5%	8%
2021/22	488	22.0	6%	8%	2%	5%	6%
2020/21	484	21.4	5%	7%	2%	—	—
2018/19	523	25.3	6%	5%	2%	2%	2%
2017/18	512	25.2	5%	6%	2%	3%	1%
2016/17	529	24.4	6%	6%	2%	3%	3%