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Morgans Primary School & Nursery

Primary · Hertford · SG13 8DR

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 13 December 2023

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At a glance

346 pupils · 69% of 500 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
15.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.morgans.herts.sch.uk/
URN
117363

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 32 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 December 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

32 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Furthest child admitted, by admission rule (2026 entry)

Nearest School
597.73 m (≈0.37 mi)
Not Nearest School
3172.12 m (≈1.97 mi)

Places were not all filled that year, so these distances show how far the furthest child admitted under each rule lived, not how close you needed to be.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
58%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

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

This school58%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
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.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Broomfield Primary SchoolChelmsford · 24 miles awayGood49%
Epping Primary SchoolEpping · 10 miles awayGood66%
Manston St James Primary AcademyLeeds · 151 miles awayGood51%
Gildersome Primary SchoolLeeds · 151 miles awayExpected standard63%
Cookridge Primary SchoolLeeds · 157 miles awayGood76%
South End Junior SchoolRushden · 41 miles awayGood70%
Hamsey Green Primary SchoolWarlingham · 32 miles awayGood57%
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolDarlington · 200 miles awayGood64%
Ham Dingle Primary AcademyStourbridge · 98 miles awayGood64%
Harris Primary Academy East DulwichLondon · 23 miles awayOutstanding89%
Balksbury Junior SchoolAndover · 73 miles awayGood (2016)68%
Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolSolihull · 86 miles awayGood63%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
12 of 12 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 75% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 5% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Hertfordshire 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.27 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hertfordshire: 2.92 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

83.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,683; 10.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,760
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £113,366; in-year balance -£121,286

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.1%62.3%
Social housing4.6%17.1%
Privately rented12.2%20.5%
Detached houses42.7%22.9%
Flats20.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023476 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,000195 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£355,000–£685,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (36)£1,098,500
Semi-detached (37)£500,000
Terraced (47)£447,000
Flat (75)£320,000

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

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. 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
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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