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Creswick Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 325 pupils Welwyn Garden City

Creswick Academy is an academy sponsor led in Welwyn Garden City for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 325 pupils on roll. In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Sir John Newsom Way
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL7 4FL
Phone 01707323038
Reference Number 150698

General Makeup

Number of pupils 325
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 58.77%
Girls: 41.23%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 15.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 18.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 15 40
2 23 17 40
3 22 21 43
4 35 18 53
5 24 21 45
6 33 16 49

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 56%
White, Other 10.5%
African 7.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4%
Indian 4%
Mixed, Other 3.4%
Unclassified 2.8%
White & Asian 2.5%
White & Black (African) 2.2%
Asian, Other 1.5%
Chinese 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 40%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 105
Maths 103

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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.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 16 1
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Creswick Academy had 340 pupils for 420 places. 80 places (19.0%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “WGC East Primary” planning area

Hertfordshire counted 368 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 366 in 2029–30, down 1%.

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 Creswick Academy attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.2%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.6%

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, 0.5% of pupils at Creswick Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.8
Permanent exclusions 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 Creswick Academy had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.79.6
Teachers who left state teaching 14.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 68.2%–
Sick days per teacher 7.2–

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, 14.8% of pupils at Creswick Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 19 7
Social, emotional and mental health 15 5
Specific learning difficulty 7 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 3
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Down's syndrome 0 1
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 Creswick Academy received £7,562 and spent £7,478 for each of its 360 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £265,000 (£737 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Agora Learning Partnership, income was £7,271 and spending £7,551 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £265,000
per pupil £737
In-year balance £30,000
per pupil £84

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
Our Lady Catholic Primary School
Woodhall Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 3TF
0.23 miles
Ludwick Nursery School
Holwell Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3RP
0.51 miles
Holwell Primary School
Holwell Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 3RP
0.52 miles
Peartree Primary School
Peartree Primary School, Peartree Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 3XW
0.62 miles
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Blackthorn Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 3JP
0.85 miles
Applecroft School
Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6JZ
0.98 miles
Commonswood Primary & Nursery School
The Commons, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 4RU
1.06 miles
The Ryde School
Pleasant Rise, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5DR
1.13 miles
Panshanger Primary School
Daniells, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1QY
1.29 miles
Watchlytes Primary School
Watchlytes, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 2AZ
1.42 miles
St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford
Lemsford Village, St John's C of E Primary School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7TR
1.46 miles
Templewood Primary School
Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7SD
1.57 miles
Green Lanes Primary School
Green Lanes, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9JY
1.61 miles
Birchwood Avenue Primary School
Birchwood Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 0PS
1.62 miles
Birchwood Nursery School
Birchway, Hatfield, AL10 0PD
1.67 miles
Countess Anne Church of England School
School Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8AX
1.72 miles
Springmead Primary School
Hillyfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2HB
1.75 miles
The Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Crookhams, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1PG
1.88 miles
Waterside Academy
Rowans, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1NZ
1.89 miles
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School
Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7AG
1.96 miles
Name Distance
Stanborough School
Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6YR
0.79 miles
Lakeside School
Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6YN
0.96 miles
James Marks Academy
The Commons, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4RZ
1 miles
Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 2AF
1.39 miles
Onslow St Audrey's School
Old Rectory Drive, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8AB
2.06 miles
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Woods Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8NL
2.26 miles
Monk's Walk School
Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7NL
2.26 miles
Knightsfield School
Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7LW
2.39 miles
Sherrardswood School
Lockleys, Welwyn, AL6 0BJ
2.82 miles
Chancellor's School
Pine Grove, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7BN
4.24 miles
The Sele School
Welwyn Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2DG
4.29 miles
Oaklands College
Oaklands Campus, Hatfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0JA
4.33 miles
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0TT
4.65 miles
Sandringham School
The Ridgeway, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 9NX
4.69 miles
Beaumont School
Austen Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0XB
4.74 miles
Rhodes Wood Hospital School
Shepherds Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, AL9 6NN
4.92 miles

All schools in Welwyn Garden City · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

Creswick Academy is part of Agora Learning Partnership, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Creswick Academy have?

Creswick Academy has 325 pupils on roll.

What age range does Creswick Academy cover?

Creswick Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Creswick Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Creswick Academy?

Creswick Academy is at Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 4FL.

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