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Forres Primary Academy

Primary · Hoddesdon · EN11 0RW

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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: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 October 2022

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At a glance

199 pupils · 47% of 420 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
33.7% of pupils
English as additional language
16.7% of pupils
SEN support
14.5% of pupils
EHC plan
8.1% of pupils
URN
151161

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.64 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · usually has places

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1091.12 m (≈0.68 mi)

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff distance by entry year

25
26
26

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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)
6.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.6%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Teacher retention (2024/25)

19% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% moved to another state school · 63% 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£8,150
Typical primary school£6,960

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.

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