Holwell Primary 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 are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/11/2011. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Holwell Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3RP
Website: http://www.holwell.herts.sch.uk
Telephone: 01707323716
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Miss S French
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 117175

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/11/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 389
Number of Boys: 204
Number of Girls: 185

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 14% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -1.8 Confidence interval -4.1 to 0.5
Writing
Well Below Average: -2.8 Confidence interval -4.8 to -0.7
Maths
Below Average: -2.4 Confidence interval -4.3 to -0.4

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:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
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 73 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Holwell Primary School
Holwell Road , AL7 3RP 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Peartree Primary School
Peartree Primary School , AL7 3XW 		3out of 4 429 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Our Lady Catholic Primary School
Woodhall Lane , AL7 3TF 		2out of 4 568 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Blackthorn Road , AL7 3JP 		3out of 4 696 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Creswick Primary & Nursery School
Sir John Newsom Way , AL7 4FL 		2out of 4 922 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane , AL7 2AF 		2out of 4 1,542 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Stanborough School
Lemsford Lane , AL8 6YR 		2out of 4 1,918 yd Academy converter Not Applicable 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 2,141 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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