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Pixmore Junior School

Primary · Letchworth · SG6 1RS

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 March 2025

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At a glance

231 pupils · 96% of 240 capacity

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
30.7% of pupils
English as additional language
10.8% of pupils
SEN support
14.6% of pupils
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils
Website
http://www.pixmore.herts.sch.uk/
URN
117259

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
30%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school30%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
Hertfordshire average63.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Dover Park Primary SchoolRyde, Isle of Wight · 95 miles awayGood73%
Stonehill SchoolLetchworth Garden City · 2 miles awayGood68%
Elm CofE Primary SchoolWisbech · 49 miles awayExpected standard61%
Castlecroft Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 93 miles awayGood67%
St Paul's CofE Primary School, StalybridgeStalybridge · 129 miles awayGood76%
Ashurst Primary SchoolSt Helens · 146 miles awayExpected standard57%
Broadlea Primary SchoolSandown · 100 miles awayGood27%
Lyminster Primary SchoolLittlehampton · 81 miles awayGood50%
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, BarnstapleBarnstaple · 176 miles awayGood50%
Farington Primary SchoolLeyland · 158 miles awayGood60%
Newlands Community Primary SchoolLeicester · 62 miles awayRequires improvement43%
The Duke of Bedford Primary SchoolPeterborough · 45 miles awayGood (2019)81%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,826
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier54.5%62.3%
Social housing35.7%17.1%
Privately rented9.8%20.5%
Detached houses6.1%22.9%
Flats21%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.4%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01023630 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,435 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,000298 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£300,000–£635,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (70)£697,500
Semi-detached (63)£550,000
Terraced (84)£407,500
Flat (81)£225,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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