Bowmansgreen Primary School

Bowmansgreen Primary School has demonstrated effective progress in maintaining its standards since the last inspection, emphasizing positive pupil well-being and a strong sense of community. The school fosters a happy environment where pupils learn to respect and support each other, with programs aimed at enhancing their emotional intelligence and social skills. While the school has made notable improvements in areas such as curriculum delivery and support for students with special educational needs, it still faces some challenges, particularly concerning the consistency of teaching methods and pupil attendance.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and respectful towards one another.
• The school has maintained a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective teaching of phonics enhances early reading skills.
• Robust support systems have been introduced for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils feel safe and valued, with low incidents of bullying.
• The school encourages leadership and communication skills among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers sometimes do not respond effectively to students' misconceptions.
• Some pupils' attendance remains a concern despite improvements.

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 Bowmansgreen Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.3% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Bowmansgreen Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Bowmansgreen Primary School had 13.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% 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, 19.7% of pupils at Bowmansgreen Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Bowmansgreen Primary School received £7,397 and spent £8,203 for each of its 315 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £245,000 (-£777 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 Bowmansgreen Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bowmansgreen Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Bowmansgreen Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bowmansgreen Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Bowmansgreen Primary School have?

Bowmansgreen Primary School has 315 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bowmansgreen Primary School cover?

Bowmansgreen Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bowmansgreen Primary School?

Bowmansgreen Primary School is at Telford Road, London Colney, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 1PH.