Purwell Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Hitchin, Hertfordshire

SG4 0PU

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

37.1

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#11,357

National rank

#1255

In East of England

#276

In Hertfordshire

Top 80%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

57%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

106.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

104.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 70% → 57% ▼ 13.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 163 % FSM ever-6 36.7% % EAL 16.0% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School Hitchin · 0.4 mi 61.7 Mary Exton Primary School Hitchin · 0.6 mi 34.2 William Ransom Primary School Hitchin · 0.7 mi 60.0 St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin Hitchin · 0.8 mi 44.2 St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Letchworth Garden City · 1.1 mi 48.5 Whitehill Junior School Hitchin · 1.2 mi 64.3 Lordship Farm Primary School Letchworth Garden City · 1.2 mi 43.9 Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School Hitchin · 1.4 mi 54.3