St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery
General Information
- Address: Tower Hill, Much Hadham, SG10 6DL – View on map
- Phone: 01279842626
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Dimond
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 24 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 24 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 14
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.1%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the East Hertfordshire average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.9% a year (East Hertfordshire 14.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 62% moved to another school, 38% 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.
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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the East Hertfordshire average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 62% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 77% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 106
- Based on: 30 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 17th of 47 junior and primary schools in the area
- =14Summercroft Primary School73%
- =14Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School73%
- =17St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery70%
- =17Windhill2170%
- =19Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School68%
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30th of 45 primary schools in East Hertfordshire for Ofsted rating
- #28Richard Whittington Primary SchoolGood
- #29Roger De Clare First CofE SchoolGood
- #30St Andrew's CE Primary School and NurseryGood
- #31St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #32St Catherine's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,321 (2024-25)
48th of 55 primary schools in East Hertfordshire for spending per pupil
- #46Mandeville Primary School£6,415
- #47Thorley Hill Primary School£6,374
- #48St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery£6,321
- #49Summercroft Primary School£6,314
- #50Bengeo Primary School£6,256
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