Templewood Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Pentley Park
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL8 7SD
Phone 01707324251
Reference Number 117174

Templewood Primary School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from a grade of 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good' across various domains, including leadership and management, and early years provision. The quality of education is strong, with a broad and ambitious curriculum that supports students’ learning effectively. Pupils enjoy a positive learning environment, feel safe, and are encouraged to develop their leadership skills through various opportunities. Notably, personal development is rated as outstanding, highlighting the school’s commitment to fostering students' growth both academically and socially.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 233
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.07%
Girls: 48.93%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 8.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 14 30
2 17 13 30
3 12 18 30
4 13 17 30
5 19 12 31
6 17 13 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 60.9%
White, Other 12.9%
Mixed, Other 6.9%
White & Asian 5.6%
Asian, Other 3.4%
Unclassified 3%
Chinese 2.6%
Indian 1.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.9%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 13 Dec 2023
Date Report
13 Dec 2023 School inspection:
20 Oct 2021 School inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
14 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
28 Jan 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils enjoy a warm and welcoming school environment.
  • Strong relationships between pupils and staff promote a positive learning atmosphere.
  • The curriculum is ambitious, broad, and relevant, helping pupils achieve well.
  • Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
  • High-quality phonics teaching enables many pupils to become competent readers.
  • A wide range of extracurricular activities enhance pupil engagement and development.
  • A new behaviour policy has led to a positive impact on pupil behaviour.
  • High attendance rates reflect the school's efforts in ensuring regular pupil attendance.

Areas for Improvement

  • In a few foundation subjects, subject-specific vocabulary is not explicitly taught.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 60%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.2
Writing 0.3
Maths 0.3

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 35 0
Third Preference 31 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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