Priors Wood Primary School

HertfordshireCommunity school

Cozens Road, Ware, SG12 7HZ

Headteacher: Mr Alan BishopSchool website ↗Pupils: 222 (capacity: 231)
Ofsted pending
No inspection on record
Oversubscribed
86% of first-choice applicants offered a place
48%
Reading, Writing & Maths
86%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

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.
48.0%
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%.
0.0%
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 76%·Writing 64%·Maths 76%All three 48%
Reading
Expected76%
Exceeding20%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected64%
Exceeding4%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected76%
Exceeding8%
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?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
35
How many got their first choice?
30of 35 (85.7%)
How many applied in total?
83

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
32.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
4.0%
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).
28.0%
Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
108 girls, 114 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 69% (2016/17), currently 48%

* 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
2015/1652.0%0.0%-3.2-0.3-4.6
2016/1769.0%17.0%+0.1-0.1-1.9
2017/1838.0%10.0%-1.3-6.6-5.1
2018/1962.0%3.0%+1.8+0.9-3.0
2022/2355.0%0.0%-1.1-4.3-4.3
2023/2465.0%0.0%---
2024/2548.0%0.0%---
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