Widford School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Widford Herts · SG12 8RE · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- Absence6.3%
- FSM3.1%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 117444
St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery
Voluntary aided school · Much Hadham · SG10 6DL
Ages 3–11 · 213 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
56%
Overall absence
5.7%
Admissions demand
0.90 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-09-26
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)56%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.6%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 173
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
0.90 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
27
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
27
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 50
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- 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 fill90%
213 pupils · 236 places
- Pupils on roll
- 213
- Boys / girls
- 109 / 104
- School capacity
- 236
- Capacity fill
- 213 / 236 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 7.1%
- FSM pupils
- 14
- 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 Caroline Dimond
Location
- Address
- Tower Hill
- Postcode
- SG10 6DL
- Town
- Much Hadham
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, 213 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 7.1%. 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.
Little Hadham Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Ware · SG11 2DX · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence7.8%
- FSM9.5%
- Demand0.86
2.5 miles away
Manor Fields Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bishop's Stortford · CM23 4LE · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM6.7%
- Demand0.94
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Dimond
- Telephone
- 01279842626