The Cranbourne Primary School

The Cranbourne Primary School demonstrates good overall effectiveness, with notable strengths in behaviour, attitudes, and personal development, earning outstanding ratings in these areas. Pupils express a deep love for their school environment and show great pride in their achievements, thanks to high expectations set by leaders and a supportive atmosphere. While the school's curriculum development project has begun to bear fruit, some areas need refining to ensure all pupils have a solid grasp of key concepts, particularly in understanding and using subject-specific terminology.

Strengths

• Pupils show a strong sense of responsibility and a commitment to positive citizenship.
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes among pupils, with rare disruptions in lessons.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, enabling their full participation in learning.
• Engaging and well-structured phonics and reading programs that foster a love for reading.
• Strong relationships between early years staff and parents, facilitating smooth transitions.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent opportunities for pupils to grasp key concepts and terminology.
• Leaders do not always check precisely how well the curriculum achieves its aims.

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 The Cranbourne Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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 The Cranbourne 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 The Cranbourne Primary School had 23.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.6% 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, 12.5% of pupils at The Cranbourne Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% 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 2024–25 The Cranbourne Primary School received £6,281 and spent £6,140 for each of its 410 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £381,000 (£930 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Danes Educational Trust, income was £7,961 and spending £7,847 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Hoddesdon · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

The Cranbourne Primary School is part of Danes Educational Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• The John Warner School Hoddesdon
• Roselands Primary School Hoddesdon
• Chancellor's School Hatfield
• Onslow St Audrey's School Hatfield
• De Havilland Primary School Hatfield
• Elstree Screen Arts Academy Borehamwood
• Lanchester Primary School Watford
• Jupiter Primary School Hemel Hempstead
• Ascot Road Primary School Watford
• Croxley Danes School Rickmansworth

What is The Cranbourne Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was The Cranbourne Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Cranbourne Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does The Cranbourne Primary School have?

The Cranbourne Primary School has 409 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Cranbourne Primary School cover?

The Cranbourne Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Cranbourne Primary School?

The Cranbourne Primary School is at Bridleway North, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9PP.