William Ransom Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Stuart Drive
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG4 9QB
Phone 01462624777
Reference Number 117314

General Makeup

Number of pupils 422
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.47%
Girls: 49.53%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 3.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 13.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 36 60
2 29 32 61
3 36 25 61
4 27 33 60
5 32 28 60
6 31 29 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 56.6%
White, Other 10.9%
Indian 7.1%
White & Asian 5.9%
Asian, Other 4.5%
Mixed, Other 3.8%
Chinese 2.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Caribbean 0.7%
Pakistani 0.7%
African 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2015-01-09
Date Description Report
2014-12-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-06-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-03-03 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-06-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-12-04 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 68% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8% Unlock Unlock

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 111 Unlock Unlock
Maths 107 Unlock Unlock

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 3.9 Unlock Unlock
Writing -2.5 Unlock Unlock
Maths 0.7 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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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.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 87 7
Third Preference 50 1
From another Local Authority 3 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin
Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RD
0.31 miles
Mary Exton Primary School
St Michael's Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0QA
0.33 miles
Whitehill Junior School
Whitehill Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9HT
0.55 miles
Highbury Infant School and Nursery
Standhill Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9AG
0.59 miles
Purwell Primary School
Fairfield Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0PU
0.62 miles
Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School
Cambridge Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0JP
0.79 miles
York Road Nursery School
York Road, Hitchin, SG5 1XA
0.95 miles
Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy
Fishponds Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1NS
1.02 miles
Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School
Gaping Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 2JQ
1.18 miles
St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School
Ashbrook Lane, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 7PB
1.23 miles
Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School
Siccut Road, Little Wymondley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 7HN
1.26 miles
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School
Old Hale Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1XR
1.27 miles
Our Lady Catholic Primary School
Old Hale Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1XT
1.37 miles
Oughton Primary and Nursery School
Mattocke Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 2NZ
1.48 miles
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School
Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 3QB
1.69 miles
Ickleford Primary School
Arlesey Road, Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3TG
1.85 miles
Lordship Farm Primary School
Fouracres, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 3UF
1.96 miles
Graveley Primary School
Ashwell Common, Graveley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 7LJ
2.14 miles
Icknield Infant and Nursery School
Archers Way, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 4UN
2.32 miles
Pixmore Junior School
Rushby Mead, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG6 1RS
2.41 miles
Name Distance
Hitchin Girls' School
Highbury Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RS
0.44 miles
Kingshott School
Stevenage Road, Hitchin, SG4 7JX
0.67 miles
Hitchin Boys' School
Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB
0.86 miles
The Priory School
Bedford Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 2UR
1.43 miles
The Highfield School
Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 3QA
1.62 miles
St Christopher School
Barrington Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JZ
1.96 miles
Fearnhill School
Icknield Way West, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG6 4BA
2.02 miles
St Francis College
Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3PJ
2.06 miles
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Hitchin Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AE
2.75 miles
The Thomas Alleyne Academy
High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3BE
3.15 miles
Barclay Academy
Walkern Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3RB
3.27 miles
Brandles School
Weston Way, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6EY
3.84 miles
The Knights Templar School
Park Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6DZ
4 miles
North Hertfordshire College
Monkswood Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LA
4.35 miles
The Nobel School
Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0HS
4.62 miles
Lonsdale School
Brittain Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8UT
4.67 miles
Marriotts School
Brittain Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8UT
4.67 miles
Etonbury Academy
Stotfold Road, Arlesey, Bedfordshire, SG15 6XS
4.98 miles
Pix Brook Academy
Arlesey Road, Stotfold, SG5 4HB
4.98 miles
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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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