Hertford Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 44% 44% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 44% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 6% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 105 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 102 2024/25[2]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 25 Mar 2025[3]
Type: S5 Inspection[3]
Report published: 13 May 2025[3]
Personal development: Outstanding[3]
Quality of education: Good[3]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[3]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[3]
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding[3]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[3]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
13 Feb 2019[4]	Exempt School Inspection[4]	Good[4]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 4.4 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Applications (any preference): 80 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences: 15 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Places offered: 18 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[5]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	81[5]	24[5]	30[5]	2.7[5]	0.8[5]
Entry Sept 2024	95[5]	28[5]	30[5]	3.2[5]	0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2023	105[5]	22[5]	22[5]	4.8[5]	1.0[5]
Entry Sept 2022	128[5]	26[5]	27[5]	4.7[5]	1.0[5]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 4–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 218[1]
Local authority: Brighton and Hove[1]
Website: http://www.hertford.brighton-hove.sch.uk/[1]
District: Brighton and Hove [6]
Postcode: BN1 7FP[1]
URN: 114368[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 210 2024/25[7]
English as an additional language: 7.6% 2024/25[7]
SEN support: 29.5% 2024/25[7]
EHC plan: 5.2% 2024/25[7]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 36.2% 2024/25[7]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 79.5%[8]
Mixed: 11.7%[8]
Asian: 4.4%[8]
Black: 0%[8]
Any other ethnic group: 2%[8]
Unclassified: 2.4%[8]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.