Peartree Spring Primary School, Stevenage
Peartree Spring Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Stevenage. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in March 2017. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in March 2023 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 13th-highest of the 23 schools in Stevenage with published results, and 9,159th of 14,452 across England. It was 99% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Good (2017)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hertfordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Peartree Spring Primary School in detail
Peartree Spring Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "It is our curriculum intent to foster a life-long love of learning and to spark a never-ending fire in the minds of our children to find out more, always."
The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.
Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 4pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Hertfordshire
Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Peartree Spring Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (74% in reading, 69% in maths).
Getting a place at Peartree Spring Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 95 families put Peartree Spring Primary School as their first choice and 184 named it as one of their preferences, for 87 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Peartree Spring Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Peartree Spring Primary School are Featherstone Wood Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 66% reading, 34% maths); Ashtree Primary Academy (0.6 miles); and Roebuck Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 66% maths).
Peartree Spring Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.
Featherstone Wood Primary SchoolSt Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and NurseryAshtree Primary AcademyRoebuck Academy
Who goes there
16.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
Peartree Spring Primary School has a SEN unit for social, emotional and mental health needs: 12 places, 5 pupils on roll.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stevenage Railway Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shephall Green (opposite), 170 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 276 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Peartree Spring Primary School issued 19 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Peartree Spring Primary School are Barnwell School (0.2 miles) and Marriotts School (0.8 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoThis judgement is from March 2017, 9 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its March 2017 inspection - down from Outstanding.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
16.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEN unit: SEMH
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 77% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 69% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 74% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
29.7
Avg class size
29.6
Infant (KS1)
29.8
KS2
19
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Peartree Spring Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Peartree Spring Primary School.
- Premier St Nicholas Wrap Around Care920m away · Not yet graded
Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Peartree Spring Primary School, with their latest published grades:
- Triangle Pre-School - Pre-school, 0.2 milesOfsted, 5 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Stagecoach Stevenage - Pre-school, 0.2 miles
- Bunnies Preschool (Shephall) - Day nursery, 0.4 milesOfsted, 24 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Monkey Puzzle Stevenage Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, 0.4 miles
- Four Seasons Nursery & Pre-School CIC - Pre-school, 0.6 milesOfsted report card, 23 March 2026: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
Term dates
Peartree Spring Primary School is a foundation school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Hertfordshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Peartree Spring Primary School is in Hertfordshire; for families living there:
- Hertfordshire's school travel policy: Read the home to school transport policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Peartree Spring Primary School
Will you get a place at Peartree Spring Primary School?
For 2026 entry it had 95 first choices for 87 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
99%
Near capacity
629 pupils
630 places
1 spare place in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Across Hertfordshire council
Places available
14,776
Applications
12,543
Got 1st preference
89.1%
Got preferred school
98.4%
All primary applications across Hertfordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
New homes granted nearby
Councils granted planning permission for at least 35 new homes within 2 miles of Peartree Spring Primary School since October 2023.
Largest schemes
- 20 homes at 10A And 10B Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RFStevenage, ref 22/00437/FPM - granted 6 March 2024, 0.4 miles away
- 15 homes at Abbeyfield 2 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JAStevenage, ref 24/00451/FPM - granted 8 April 2026, 1.6 miles away
Schemes of 10 or more homes. Only full and outline permissions with the number of homes stated in the application are counted, and applications that may be for the same homes are counted once, so the true figure can be higher. Source: councils' planning registers.
Future places in the local planning area
DfE estimates the Stevenage South East Primary planning area (Hertfordshire) will have 575 spare primary places in 2027/28.
Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics
Inspection History(5)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
108
SEN Support
25
EHC Plans
21.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Peartree Spring Primary School has a SEN unit for social, emotional and mental health needs: 12 places, 5 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
626
Total Pupils
325
Boys
301
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
39
Teachers
16.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£49,355
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£4,989
Per pupil
£3451k
Total funding
£176k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.4%
Overall absence
14.1%
Persistent absence
568
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Peartree Spring Primary School
Questions parents ask about Peartree Spring Primary School
What are SATs results like at Peartree Spring Primary School?
Of the pupils at Peartree Spring Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 77% reached the expected standard in reading and 69% did so in maths.
What is Peartree Spring Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Peartree Spring Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in March 2023, was ungraded. At its last graded inspection, in March 2017, it was rated Good.
Is it hard to get a place at Peartree Spring Primary School?
Peartree Spring Primary School was full in 2025, at 100% of its 630 places.
How big are the classes at Peartree Spring Primary School?
Classes at Peartree Spring Primary School average 29.7 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils.
How many pupils go to Peartree Spring Primary School?
Peartree Spring Primary School has around 626 pupils on roll. 17% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Peartree Spring Primary School have specialist SEN provision?
Peartree Spring Primary School has a SEN unit for social, emotional and mental health needs: 12 places, 5 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Peartree Spring Primary School?
5.4% of sessions were missed at Peartree Spring Primary School in 2024/25. 14.1% of pupils were persistently absent.
Does Peartree Spring Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Peartree Spring Primary School: Premier St Nicholas Wrap Around Care (920m away, registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near Peartree Spring Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Peartree Spring Primary School?
Peartree Spring Primary School is at Hydean Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9GG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)