The Lea Primary School and Nursery

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Harpenden and BerkhamstedConstituency

AL5 4LEPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

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

It currently serves 239 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 80%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

69%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

12%

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

239

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

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: Less deprived
Total pupils: 239
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
10 Nov 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
12 Jan 2013	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.