Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Welwyn HatfieldConstituency

AL7 3JPPostcode

1.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

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

It currently serves 418 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 35%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Pupils

418

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 418
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
9 Sept 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Not judged
18 May 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
23 Jun 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.