Community school · Primary
Stevenage · SG1 5PA · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenURN 143604
Larwood School
Academy special converter · Stevenage · SG1 5BZ
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
151
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy special converter, Ages 5–11, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 151 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 57%. SEN provision includes: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143604
Location
- Address
- Larwood Drive
- Postcode
- SG1 5BZ
- Town
- Stevenage
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Stevenage
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 151
- Boys / girls
- 128 / 23
- School capacity
- 163
- Capacity fill
- 151 / 163 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 57%
- FSM pupils
- 86
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: BRIGHTER FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Academy trust
- BRIGHTER FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Sponsor
- Brighter Futures Educational Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bianca Osobu
- Telephone
- 01438236333
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-11-09
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 7%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 115.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0