Ralph Sadleir School

Middle deemed secondary · Ware · SG11 1TF

Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 April 2024

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At a glance

283 pupils · 79% of 360 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 9–13
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 17% of pupils
English as additional language: 4% of pupils
SEN support: 14.2% of pupils
EHC plan: 6.2% of pupils
Website: http://ralphsadleir.herts.sch.uk/
URN: 140249

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

40%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

103

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

England 105

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

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

5.4%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

13.2%

England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

22.8

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 7% 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£7,778

Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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

23 April 2024: Requires improvement (graded inspection)
18 October 2022: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next (ungraded inspection)
20 September 2016: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

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

Nearby schools

Roger De Clare First CofE SchoolGood · Primary · 0.1 mi
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.5 mi
Jenyns First School and NurseryOutstanding · Primary · 1.3 mi
Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.1 mi
St Andrew's CE Primary School and NurseryGood · Primary · 3.4 mi
Buntingford First SchoolExpected standard · Primary · 3.6 mi
Furneux Pelham Church of England SchoolGood · Primary · 3.9 mi
Thundridge Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 4.1 mi

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