Featherstone Wood Primary School is a primary school located in Stevenage. 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 06/02/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Featherston Road, Stevenage

School Information

Address: Featherston Road, Stevenage, SG2 9PP
Website: www.featherstonewood.herts.sch.uk
Telephone: 01438235550
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Louise Shuttleworth
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 131505

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 06/02/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 240
Number of Pupils: 170
Number of Boys: 74
Number of Girls: 96

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -2.7 Confidence interval -5.7 to 0.2
Writing
Well Below Average: -3.4 Confidence interval -6.1 to -0.7
Maths
Average: -2.4 Confidence interval -4.9 to 0.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:53%
England Average:65%

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

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Peartree Way Nursery School
Peartree Way , SG2 9EA 		3out of 4 1,068 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Featherstone Wood Primary School
Featherston Road , SG2 9PP 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Ashtree Primary School and Nursery
Chertsey Rise , SG2 9JQ 		2out of 4 488 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Peartree Spring Primary School
Hydean Way , SG2 9GG 		3out of 4 749 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School
School Lane , Aston SG2 7HA 		4out of 4 1,261 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Longmeadow Primary School
Oaks Cross , Broadwater SG2 8LT 		3out of 4 1,316 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barnwell School
Barnwell , SG2 9SW 		2out of 4 681 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Marriotts School
Brittain Way , SG2 8UT 		3out of 4 1,438 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Nobel School
Mobbsbury Way , SG2 0HS 		3out of 4 2,167 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
North Hertfordshire College
Monkswood Way , SG1 1LA 		- not rated 2,545 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Greenside School
Shephall Green , SG2 9XS 		3out of 4 983 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Lonsdale School
Brittain Way , SG2 8UT 		3out of 4 1,440 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
The Valley School
Broadhall Way , SG2 9BN 		3out of 4 1,690 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Stevenage Education Support Centre
Collenswood Road , SG2 9HQ 		3out of 4 1,696 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Larwood School
Larwood Drive , SG1 5BZ 		3out of 4 2,715 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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