Central Primary School

State-Funded School

central-primary-school-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

WatfordConstituency

WD17 2LXPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Central Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 399 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Feb 2026 · published 28 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 46%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

41%

Asian

27%

Black

15%

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

399

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

23%

England average

27%

First language not English

75%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 399
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
6 Jul 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
4 Dec 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.