Creswick Primary & Nursery School is a primary school located in Welwyn Garden City. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 28/02/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is below average, progress in reading and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.4%, which is 0.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City

School Information

Address: Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4FL
Website: http://www.creswick.herts.sch.uk
Telephone: 01707323038
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Fay Brett
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 117229

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 28/02/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 459
Number of Pupils: 435
Number of Boys: 223
Number of Girls: 212

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: -3.8 Confidence interval -5.4 to -2.3
Writing
Below Average: -1.9 Confidence interval -3.4 to -0.5
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.5 Confidence interval -4.8 to -2.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:57%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:12%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ludwick Nursery School
Holwell Road , AL7 3RP 		4out of 4 897 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Birchwood Nursery School
Birchway , Crawford Road AL10 0PD 		4out of 4 2,936 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Creswick Primary & Nursery School
Sir John Newsom Way , AL7 4FL 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Our Lady Catholic Primary School
Woodhall Lane , AL7 3TF 		2out of 4 411 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Holwell Primary School
Holwell Road , AL7 3RP 		3out of 4 922 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Peartree Primary School
Peartree Primary School , AL7 3XW 		3out of 4 1,091 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Blackthorn Road , AL7 3JP 		3out of 4 1,497 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Stanborough School
Lemsford Lane , AL8 6YR 		2out of 4 1,387 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane , AL7 2AF 		2out of 4 2,442 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lakeside School
Lemsford Lane , AL8 6YN 		4out of 4 1,688 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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