Sheredes Primary School

Sheredes Primary School has demonstrated outstanding performance across all areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, as well as early years provision. The school's commitment to high expectations ensures that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make strong progress and achieve highly by the end of their primary education. With a diverse and rich curriculum, pupils are not only well-prepared academically but also develop vital life skills and values such as kindness and resilience. This inspection marks the first routine assessment of the school since the COVID-19 pandemic began, as well as its first in over 15 years, given its previous outstanding grade in 2008. Parents consistently commend the school for the exceptional quality of education and care their children receive, reflecting the school's strong community engagement and the effectiveness of its safeguarding measures.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across all areas
• High ambitions for all pupils with strong progress from their starting points
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with clear links to international themes
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Consistently strong teaching staff with high expectations
• Strong focus on reading and early communication skills
• Rich extra-curricular opportunities contributing to personal development
• Pupils show impressive levels of self-control and respect towards others
• Robust and effective safeguarding culture

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 Sheredes Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% 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 Sheredes 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 Sheredes Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% 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, 15.6% of pupils at Sheredes Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Sheredes Primary School received £6,303 and spent £6,503 for each of its 446 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £365,000 (£817 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 Sheredes Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sheredes Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Sheredes Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sheredes Primary School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Sheredes Primary School have?

Sheredes Primary School has 456 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sheredes Primary School cover?

Sheredes Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sheredes Primary School?

Sheredes Primary School is at Benford Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 8LL.