Walkern Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Stevenage · SG2 7NS · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM20.1%
- Demand0.95
1.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 117420
Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Stevenage · SG2 7AJ
Ages 3–11 · 46 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Good
Overall absence
9.4%
Admissions demand
0.83 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-09-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)35.0%
Unauthorised3.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 40
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.83 · Often has places
1st preferences
5
Places offered
6
1st-preference offers
5
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 17
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 6
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill51%
46 pupils · 90 places
- Pupils on roll
- 46
- Boys / girls
- 21 / 25
- School capacity
- 90
- Capacity fill
- 46 / 90 (51%)
- Free school meals
- 40.9%
- FSM pupils
- 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Albans
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Barbara Young
Location
- Address
- School Lane, Ardeley
- Postcode
- SG2 7AJ
- Town
- Stevenage
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 46 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 40.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of St Albans.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Benington Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Stevenage · SG2 7LP · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS218%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM5.3%
- Demand0.92
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Barbara Young
- Telephone
- 01438861284