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Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School

Primary · Luton · LU2 8PY

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 23 April 2026

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At a glance

68 pupils · 57% of 120 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
17.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
34.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.cockernhoe.herts.sch.uk/
URN
117446

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 3 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 6 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. 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
33%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
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
Buriton Primary SchoolPetersfield · 69 miles awayGood80%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, HighfieldRowlands Gill · 217 miles awayGood80%
Cockfield Church of England Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 52 miles awayGood73%
Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary SchoolBury St. Edmunds · 52 miles awayGood71%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard CastleBarnard Castle · 194 miles awayGood81%
St Faiths CofE Primary SchoolNorwich. · 89 miles awayGood43%
Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston · 170 miles awayGood25%
Hamsey Community Primary SchoolLewes · 70 miles awayGood70%
William Penn SchoolHorsham · 62 miles awayRequires improvement64%
Landewednack Community Primary SchoolHelston · 249 miles awayStrong standard71%
The Valley Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 101 miles awayGood78%
Bradwell Junior SchoolHope Valley · 114 miles awayInadequate60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 72% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.5%
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
10.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% 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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.2 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 £46,860; 12.5% 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£10,134
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 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£30,113; in-year balance -£19,584

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.5%62.3%
Social housing22.2%17.1%
Privately rented15.4%20.5%
Detached houses25.5%22.9%
Flats2.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023624 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£350,000123 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£290,000–£450,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£472,500
Semi-detached (46)£333,500
Terraced (36)£305,000

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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