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Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School

Primary · Stevenage · SG2 7HA

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 January 2025

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At a glance

129 pupils · 98% of 132 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.astonmarys.herts.sch.uk/
URN
117421

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 18 Reception places, 1.61 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 14 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.61 first-choice applications per place

18 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
20%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Hertfordshire average63.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Topcliffe CofE AcademyThirsk · 166 miles awayOutstanding53%
Lugwardine Primary AcademyHereford · 107 miles awayNo current grade65%
Collingbourne Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough · 77 miles awayGood (2019)60%
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary SchoolRoyston · 12 miles awayNeeds attention56%
Loddington CofE (VA) Primary SchoolKettering · 45 miles awayGood64%
Padbury Church of England SchoolBuckingham · 35 miles awayStrong standard94%
Hollycombe Primary SchoolLiphook · 65 miles awayGood35%
Woodside Primary SchoolRuardean · 102 miles awayGood65%
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, DatchworthHertfordshire · 2 miles awayGood67%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SWFChelmsford · 37 miles awayGood77%
Thornton Dale CofE Primary SchoolPickering · 164 miles awayGood63%
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary SchoolKettering · 39 miles awayNeeds attention60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 64% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Black African 7% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 5% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other White background 4% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 3% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hertfordshire 0%, England 0%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, 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)
2.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
0.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

99% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 1% 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)

55.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.8 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 £52,216; 20% 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£7,156
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £111,733; in-year balance -£12,333

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.8%62.3%
Social housing13.5%17.1%
Privately rented8.7%20.5%
Detached houses50.6%22.9%
Flats5.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms41.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023467 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£330,00099 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£245,000–£430,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£582,500
Semi-detached (18)£362,500
Terraced (42)£320,000
Flat (20)£189,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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