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The Wroxham School

Primary · Potters Bar · EN6 3DJ

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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 4 June 2024

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At a glance

218 pupils · 90% of 242 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
17.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://thewroxhamschool.org/
URN
138215

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.76 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3687.15 m (≈2.29 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 4 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.76 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Places by distance, last offered at 3687.15 m (≈2.29 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3687.15 m (≈2.29 mi)

measurement method not stated by the council.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Nearest School
440.99 m (≈0.27 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
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
Merstham Primary SchoolRedhill · 30 miles awayGood34%
Harestock Primary SchoolWinchester · 65 miles awayGood38%
Richard Whittington Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · 19 miles awayGood80%
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery SchoolTunbridge Wells · 43 miles awayExpected standard67%
Grove Junior SchoolNailsea · 111 miles awayGood65%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary AcademyBury · 161 miles awayGood65%
Wildmoor Heath SchoolBracknell · 34 miles awayExpected standard57%
Abel Smith SchoolHertford · 9 miles awayOutstanding55%
St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayOutstanding54%
Allesley Hall Primary SchoolCoventry · 76 miles awayNeeds attention55%
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ScarboroughScarborough · 177 miles awayGood77%
Greenvale Primary SchoolSouth Croydon · 26 miles awayGood75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 51% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other White background 12% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 7% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.9%
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
24.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 16% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% 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 £50,351; 8.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,338
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £5,000; in-year balance +£39,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health56%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier91.7%62.3%
Social housing1.6%17.1%
Privately rented6.7%20.5%
Detached houses4.3%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms34.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023567 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£540,000116 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£450,000–£633,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (75)£580,000
Terraced (14)£507,500
Flat (24)£275,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
5an 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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