Crabtree Junior School

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Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, AL5 5PU

Headteacher: Miss Emma SimmonsSchool website ↗Pupils: 256 (capacity: 256)Part of IVY LEARNING TRUST
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected November 2023
86%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected November 2023

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 29 November 2023Full report ↗

Outstanding

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

Rated Outstanding 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.
86.0%
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%.
25.0%
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 94%·Writing 91%·Maths 88%All three 86%
Reading
Expected94%
Exceeding65%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected91%
Exceeding32%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected88%
Exceeding37%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
2.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
15.0%
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).
8.0%
Boys and girls
44%girls·56%boys
112 girls, 144 boys

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 95% (2017/18), currently 86%

* 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
2015/1689.0%25.0%+1.0+1.9+0.7
2016/1794.0%36.0%+4.1+2.1+2.4
2017/1895.0%38.0%+1.9+2.7+2.0
2018/1978.0%34.0%+1.2+2.1+0.7
2022/2375.0%12.0%+1.1-1.2-0.8
2023/2485.0%20.0%---
2024/2586.0%25.0%---