Walkern Primary School

HertfordshireCommunity school

High Street, Walkern, Stevenage, SG2 7NS

Headteacher: Mr Jonty HallSchool website ↗Pupils: 137 (capacity: 146)
Ofsted Good
Inspected February 2020
Oversubscribed
85% of first-choice applicants offered a place
79%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected February 2020
85%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 25 February 2020Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
79.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
14.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 79%·Writing 79%·Maths 86%All three 79%
Reading
Expected79%
Exceeding50%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected79%
Exceeding29%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected86%
Exceeding50%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
25
How many families wanted this school first?
27
How many got their first choice?
23of 27 (85.2%)
How many applied in total?
57

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
36.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
21.0%
Boys and girls
47%girls·53%boys
65 girls, 72 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Best year on record — 79% Reading, Writing & Maths

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1638.0%0.0%-4.4-4.1-2.2
2016/1750.0%10.0%-6.1-4.9-1.2
2017/1875.0%33.0%-4.8-1.3-0.9
2018/1933.0%0.0%-9.3-4.4-3.3
2022/2330.0%0.0%-6.7-4.6-5.1
2023/2477.0%8.0%---
2024/2579.0%14.0%---
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