Round Diamond Primary School
Round Diamond Primary School is an academy converter in Stevenage for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 436 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Round Diamond Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in October 2020 of its predecessor, Round Diamond Primary School. In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Ofsted inspection: April 2025. KS2 results: 2025.
| Type | Primary / Academy converter |
| Age Range | 3-11 |
| Religion | Does not apply |
| Address | Whitehorse Lane Great Ashby Way Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6NH |
| Phone | 01438219410 |
| Reference Number | 149206 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 436 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 53.9%
Girls: 46.1% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 5.3% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 13.3% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 29.1 |
| Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 29.8 |
| Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 29 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | 28 | 60 |
| 2 | 33 | 26 | 59 |
| 3 | 34 | 24 | 58 |
| 4 | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| 5 | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| 6 | 30 | 29 | 59 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, British | 59.9% |
| White, Other | 8.7% |
| Indian | 8.7% |
| African | 6.2% |
| Pakistani | 2.8% |
| Unclassified | 2.3% |
| White & Black (Caribbean) | 1.4% |
| Mixed, Other | 1.4% |
| Caribbean | 0.9% |
| White & Asian | 0.5% |
| White & Black (African) | 0.2% |
| Asian, Other | 0.2% |
This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Round Diamond Primary School, inspected in October 2020.
| Overall Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Last Report Date | 04 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 04 Mar 2025 | School inspection |
| 06 Jan 2023 | Academy conversion letter |
How many students meet the standards
| Reading, Writing & Maths | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 79% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Pupils meeting a higher standard | 19% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
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 | 107 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | 106 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
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| Second Preference | 47 | 2 |
| Third Preference | 35 | 1 |
| From another Local Authority | 0 | 0 |
Previous years
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In 2024–25 Round Diamond Primary School had 409 pupils for 420 places. 11 places (2.6%) were unfilled.
Pupils and places
Reception intake in the “Stevenage North East” planning area
Hertfordshire counted 411 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 355 in 2029–30, down 14%.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Places | 420 | 420 | 420 |
| Pupils | 417 | 417 | 409 |
| Unfilled | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
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 Round Diamond Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).
Sessions missed
Pupils persistently absent
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authorised absence | 3.5% | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Severely absent pupils | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
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, 1.5% of pupils at Round Diamond Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.
Pupils suspended at least once
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Permanent exclusions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 Round Diamond Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).
Pupils per teacher
Teachers who left the school within a year
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.8 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | 4.1% | 8.7% | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | 40.0% | 34.8% | – |
| Sick days per teacher | 1.5 | 4.9 | – |
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, 8.0% of pupils at Round Diamond Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).
Pupils by main type of need
| SEN support | EHC plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Social, emotional and mental health | 12 | 2 |
| Speech, language and communication needs | 7 | 7 |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | 4 | 6 |
| Other difficulty or disability | 6 | 3 |
| No specialist assessment of need | 3 | 0 |
| Physical disability | 1 | 1 |
| Specific learning difficulty | 1 | 0 |
| Vision impairment | 1 | 0 |
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 Round Diamond Primary School received £6,261 and spent £6,304 for each of its 434 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £983,000 (£2,264 per pupil).
Across all 16 schools of Ivy Learning Trust, income was £7,250 and spending £7,265 per pupil.
Income per pupil
Spending per pupil
| 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue reserve | £49,000 | £983,000 |
| per pupil | £112 | £2,264 |
| In-year balance | -£85,000 | -£18,000 |
| per pupil | -£195 | -£43 |
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.
| Name | Distance |
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The Leys Primary and Nursery School
Ripon Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4QZ |
0.36 miles |
|
Giles Junior School
Durham Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4JQ |
0.69 miles |
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The Giles Infant and Nursery School
Durham Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4JQ |
0.69 miles |
|
Martins Wood Primary School
Mildmay Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 5RT |
0.69 miles |
|
Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School
Wisden Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 5JD |
0.98 miles |
|
Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery
Webb Rise, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 5PA |
1.2 miles |
|
Almond Hill Junior School
Almonds Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3RP |
1.31 miles |
|
Lodge Farm Primary School
Mobbsbury Way, Chells, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0HP |
1.37 miles |
|
Larwood School
Larwood Drive, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 5BZ |
1.44 miles |
|
Camps Hill Primary School
Chells Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0LT |
1.54 miles |
|
Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School
Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1NJ |
1.69 miles |
|
Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School
Letchmore Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3PS |
1.7 miles |
|
Bedwell Primary School
Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1NJ |
1.73 miles |
|
Graveley Primary School
Ashwell Common, Graveley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 7LJ |
1.79 miles |
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Fairlands Primary School
Pound Avenue, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3JA |
1.79 miles |
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Weston Primary & Nursery School
Maiden Street, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 7AG |
1.89 miles |
|
Walkern Primary School
High Street, Walkern, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 7NS |
2.1 miles |
|
Broom Barns Primary School
Homestead Moat, Bedwell, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1UE |
2.2 miles |
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St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery
Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0PZ |
2.22 miles |
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Ashtree Primary Academy
Chertsey Rise, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9JQ |
2.22 miles |
| Name | Distance |
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The Nobel School
Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0HS |
1.27 miles |
|
Barclay Academy
Walkern Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3RB |
1.6 miles |
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The Thomas Alleyne Academy
High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3BE |
1.78 miles |
|
Marriotts School
Brittain Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8UT |
1.8 miles |
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Lonsdale School
Brittain Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8UT |
1.8 miles |
|
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Hitchin Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AE |
1.86 miles |
|
North Hertfordshire College
Monkswood Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LA |
2.53 miles |
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Barnwell School
Barnwell, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9SW |
2.74 miles |
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Greenside School
Shephall Green, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9XS |
2.78 miles |
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The Valley School
Broadhall Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9BN |
2.8 miles |
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St Christopher School
Barrington Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JZ |
3.51 miles |
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Kingshott School
Stevenage Road, Hitchin, SG4 7JX |
3.68 miles |
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St Francis College
Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3PJ |
3.92 miles |
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Brandles School
Weston Way, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6EY |
3.94 miles |
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The Highfield School
Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 3QA |
4 miles |
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The Knights Templar School
Park Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6DZ |
4.09 miles |
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Hitchin Girls' School
Highbury Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RS |
4.3 miles |
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Fearnhill School
Icknield Way West, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG6 4BA |
4.53 miles |
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East Hall School
The Calf House, East Hall Farm, St Pauls Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 8DL |
4.73 miles |
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Hitchin Boys' School
Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB |
4.74 miles |
All schools in Stevenage · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications
Round Diamond Primary School is part of Ivy Learning Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:
- Martins Wood Primary School Stevenage
- Watchlytes Primary School Welwyn Garden City
- Peartree Primary School Welwyn Garden City
- Crabtree Junior School Harpenden
- Crabtree Infants' School Harpenden
- Windhill21 Bishop'S Stortford
- Richard Whittington Primary School Bishop'S Stortford
- Woodside Primary School Waltham Cross
- The Wroxham School Potters Bar
- Lavender Primary School Enfield
What is Round Diamond Primary School's Ofsted rating?
The latest Ofsted rating for Round Diamond Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in October 2020 of its predecessor, Round Diamond Primary School.
When was Round Diamond Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?
Round Diamond Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.
How many pupils does Round Diamond Primary School have?
Round Diamond Primary School has 436 pupils on roll.
What age range does Round Diamond Primary School cover?
Round Diamond Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.
What are Round Diamond Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?
In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Where is Round Diamond Primary School?
Round Diamond Primary School is at Whitehorse Lane, Great Ashby Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 6NH.
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