Little Hadham Primary School

Little Hadham Primary School is performing exceptionally well. Inspectors found outstanding provision across the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. Pupils are happy, eager learners in an inclusive and supportive environment, and they achieve exceptionally well across a highly ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum. Reading and early years foundations are particularly strong, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified early and supported effectively. The school has high expectations and pupils respond with calm, respectful behaviour. Personal development is central to the school's ethos, with pupils taking part in activities that build empathy, celebrate diversity and develop responsibility through pupil leadership and community projects. Governance is strong, parents are overwhelmingly positive, and staff feel exceptionally well supported by leaders. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was a graded inspection, so no overall effectiveness grade was given. The school was previously judged good at its December 2023 inspection and has since been judged outstanding in every key judgement. No areas of concern or weakness were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across a well-sequenced and highly ambitious curriculum
• Pupils, including those with SEND, achieve exceptionally well
• Systematic phonics teaching and a strong love of reading throughout the school
• Early years provision builds strong foundations in literacy, number and independence
• High expectations and calm, respectful behaviour throughout the school
• Rich personal development that builds empathy, diversity awareness and responsibility
• Strong pupil leadership and community projects, including work on food poverty and sustainability
• Governors provide strong support and challenge
• Parents are overwhelmingly positive and staff feel exceptionally well supported
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Little Hadham Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Little Hadham Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Little Hadham Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.3% of pupils at Little Hadham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Little Hadham Primary School received £7,374 and spent £7,302 for each of its 150 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £35,000 (£235 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Little Hadham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Little Hadham Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Little Hadham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Little Hadham Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Little Hadham Primary School have?

Little Hadham Primary School has 151 pupils on roll.

What age range does Little Hadham Primary School cover?

Little Hadham Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Little Hadham Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Little Hadham Primary School?

Little Hadham Primary School is at Stortford Road, Little Hadham, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG11 2DX.