Priors Wood Primary School

State-Funded School

priors-wood-primary-school-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Hertford and StortfordConstituency

SG12 7HZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Priors Wood 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 231 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 9 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
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

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 65%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

231

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 231
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 16 June 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
10 May 2016	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.