Avanti Meadows Primary School, Bishop's Stortford

From the headteacher's welcome: ""The provision for pupils spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is exceptional. School leaders and governors, through the Avanti Trust, are wholly committed to ambitious outcomes for all pupils" I am honoured to serve our community as Executive Principal, working closely with families, staff, and children across the three schools which make the Avanti Learning Village | Stortford."

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Avanti Meadows Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 90% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Avanti Meadows Primary School as their first choice and 108 named it as one of their preferences, for 42 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Avanti Meadows Primary School are Northgate Primary School (1 mile, Good, 95% reading, 98% maths); All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford (1.1 miles, Good, 81% reading, 77% maths); Avanti Brook Primary School (1.1 miles); and Farnham Church of England Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 88% reading, 88% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Avanti Meadows Primary School.

Avanti Meadows Primary School is one of 12 schools run by Avanti Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

32.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (51%), Asian (16%) and Mixed (14%).

Avanti Meadows Primary School had 19 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Bishops Stortford Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

In August 2026, police recorded 46 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

In 2024/25, Avanti Meadows Primary School issued 12 suspensions, 4.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Avanti Meadows Primary School are Avanti Grange Secondary School (0.5 miles), Hockerill Anglo-European College (1.2 miles), St Mary's Catholic School (1.3 miles) and Birchwood High School (1.3 miles).