Summerswood Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Furzehill Road
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 2DW
Phone 02089533139
Reference Number 117182

Summerswood Primary School is currently classified as requiring improvement in several key areas, including the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Although pupils express a fondness for their school and feel safe and supported, there are concerns regarding the high expectations set for students, with leaders acknowledging that improvements are necessary. The curriculum has been updated in some subjects, but there remains inconsistency in how effectively it is delivered across the school, impacting pupil achievement significantly.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 373
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.16%
Girls: 45.84%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 49.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 28 24 52
2 22 18 40
3 34 21 55
4 27 28 55
5 25 29 54
6 26 20 46

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 36.2%
White, Other 27.3%
African 8.3%
Asian, Other 5.1%
Indian 4.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.8%
White & Asian 2.1%
White & Black (African) 2.1%
Mixed, Other 2.1%
Chinese 1.1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Caribbean 0.8%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Requires Improvement
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
  >  Early Years Provision Requires Improvement
Last Report Date 30 Apr 2024
Date Report
30 Apr 2024 School inspection:
07 Dec 2022 School inspection
02 Nov 2016 Full inspection:
05 Nov 2014 Full inspection:
28 Jan 2013 Monitoring visit
10 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
18 Jan 2011 Full inspection:
15 Apr 2008 Full inspection:
06 Oct 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils enjoy school and appreciate the supportive adults around them.
  • The school provides a range of extra-curricular clubs and activities.
  • Pupils in the specially resourced provision receive effective support.

Areas for Improvement

  • Expectations for pupil achievement are not high enough.
  • Inconsistencies in curriculum delivery hinder pupil progress.
  • Behaviour management strategies are not applied consistently across staff.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 40%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

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 103
Maths 101

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 -4.1
Writing -1.3
Maths -6.2

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 13 1
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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