OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
15 March 2022
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Trust
HERTS & ESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
449
449 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
226
50.3% of pupils
Male pupils
223
49.7% of pupils
18.1 pts
below England
School
6.7%
East Hertfordshire
10.6%
East of England
19.7%
England
24.8%
8.5 pts
below England
School
11.8%
East Hertfordshire
9.1%
East of England
16.4%
England
20.3%
0.8 pts
below England
School
0.2%
East Hertfordshire
0.7%
East of England
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
7.6%
34
Any other Mixed background
2.2%
10
White and Black African
2.0%
9
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
10.9%
49 of
449 pupils
9.9 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
7.1%
32 pupils
England
14.8%
7.7 pts
below
EHC plans
3.8%
17 pupils
England
6.0%
2.2 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
12
Autistic spectrum disorder
11
Specific learning difficulty
11
Social, emotional & mental health
8
Multi-sensory impairment
3
Other difficulty or disability
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.62%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.60 pts
lower than
England
School
3.62%
East Hertfordshire
5.83%
East of England
6.17%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
4.42%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
11.40 pts
lower than
England
School
4.42%
East Hertfordshire
14.32%
East of England
15.39%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.55%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.25 pts
lower than
England
School
0.55%
East Hertfordshire
1.26%
East of England
1.83%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
96.6%
8.4 pts
above England
Manor Fields Primary School
96.6%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.