Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Royston · SG8 0PD · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence7.2%
- FSM12.8%
- Demand0.91
2.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Expected standardURN 117084
Ashwell Primary School
Community school · Baldock · SG7 5QL
Ages 3–11 · 229 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Expected standard
KS2 expected (RWM)
65%
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
1.07 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-06-09
- AchievementExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)65%
Higher standard (RWM)8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.3%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 179
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
1.07 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
32
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
27
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 48
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 9
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 4
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 fill97%
229 pupils · 236 places
- Pupils on roll
- 229
- Boys / girls
- 109 / 120
- School capacity
- 236
- Capacity fill
- 229 / 236 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 9%
- FSM pupils
- 20
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community 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
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon England
Location
- Address
- Silver Street, Ashwell
- Postcode
- SG7 5QL
- Town
- Baldock
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Baldock, Hertfordshire, 229 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Nr Royston · SG8 0JZ · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- Absence5.8%
- FSM18.3%
- Demand1.00
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon England
- Telephone
- 01462742297