Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School

Voluntary controlled school · Primary school · Essendon, Hertfordshire

AL9 6HD

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

20.4

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

#13,890

National rank

#1598

In East of England

#330

In Hertfordshire

Top 97%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

17%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

107.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

98.0

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) 38% → 17% ▼ 21.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 80 % FSM ever-6 25.7% % EAL 8.8% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Countess Anne Church of England School Hatfield · 0.1 mi 41.6 Commonswood Primary & Nursery School WELWYN GARDEN CITY · 1.9 mi 56.2 Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Hertford · 2.1 mi 15.0 Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School Hertford · 2.1 mi 77.4 The Ryde School Hatfield · 2.6 mi 53.0 Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School Hertford · 2.7 mi 54.0 Creswick Academy Welwyn Garden City · 2.7 mi 26.0 Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School Welwyn Garden City · 2.7 mi 67.2