Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School
General Information
- Address: High Street, Hunsdon, Ware, SG12 8NT – View on map
- Phone: 01279842644
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Millward
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 16 places – 14 for every 10 places. 73% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 15 · 2024 12 · 2025 9 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 13
- % eligible for free school meals: 14.0%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the East Hertfordshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.5% a year (East Hertfordshire 14.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Hertfordshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 33 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 13 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Hertfordshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2018 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the East Hertfordshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 78% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 78%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 15 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 14th of 47 junior and primary schools in the area
- #12Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School76%
- #13Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School75%
- =14Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School73%
- =14Summercroft Primary School73%
- =14Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School73%
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3rd of 45 primary schools in East Hertfordshire for Ofsted rating
- #1Abel Smith SchoolOutstanding
- #2Bengeo Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolOutstanding
- #4Jenyns First School and NurseryOutstanding
- #5Windhill21Outstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,960 (2024-25)
35th of 55 primary schools in East Hertfordshire for spending per pupil
- #33Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School£7,068
- #34Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£6,990
- #35Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School£6,960
- #36St Catherine's Church of England Primary School£6,949
- #37Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School£6,929
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