Warren Dell Primary School
General Information
- Address: Gosforth Lane, South Oxhey, Watford, WD19 7UZ – View on map
- Phone: 02084284571
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andy George
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 55 families put it first for 29 places – 19 for every 10 places. 49% 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 12 · 2026 19
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 53
- % eligible for free school meals: 23.2%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Three Rivers average)
- English as an additional language: 46% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.7% a year (Three Rivers 14.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% 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: 5.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communication 12 places · 6 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 24% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Three Rivers average (68%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 78% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 78%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 79% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 76%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 106
- Based on: 33 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 11th of 27 junior and primary schools in the area
- #9Sarratt Church of England Primary School76%
- #10Oxhey Wood Primary School75%
- =11Warren Dell Primary School73%
- =11Yorke Mead Primary School73%
- =13Little Green Junior School71%
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5th of 22 primary schools in Three Rivers for Ofsted rating
- #3Harvey Road Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4St Joseph Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5Warren Dell Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #6Abbots Langley SchoolGood
- #7Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,518 (2024-25)
1st of 26 primary schools in Three Rivers for spending per pupil
- #1Warren Dell Primary School£11,518
- #2Woodhall Primary School£10,691
- #3St John Catholic Primary School£9,198
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