Priors Wood Primary School, Ware
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Priors Wood is a warm, welcoming school where your child will feel safe and cared for. The school provides an ambitious curriculum with excellent personal development teaching, ensuring children understand important life skills and develop respect for different cultures and beliefs. Beyond lessons, there's a rich range of clubs and trips designed to broaden every child's horizons and maximize their chances in life.
Key Strengths
- Excellent personal, social and health education with strong understanding of equality, diversity and British values
- Wide range of enrichment activities and clubs accessible to all pupils, including those with additional needs
- Warm, caring relationships between staff and pupils creating a strong sense of belonging
- Effective early years curriculum with strong focus on language development
- Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and supported
Areas for Improvement
- Phonics screening results below national average in Year 1
- Writing quality variable across the school with some pupils not developing essential phonics and writing skills
- Some pupils' attainment in Year 6 reading and writing below average, particularly disadvantaged pupils
- Learning targets for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils lack precision
- Teacher adaptations of tasks occasionally not well matched to pupils' needs
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed, making pupils safer and helping them feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Art club, sports clubs, school council, parliament day, bus and train trips to leisure parks, temple visits for religious education, play leader roles, assembly monitor positions
Priors Wood Primary School is a welcoming school with strong personal development and safeguarding, where pupils feel safe and benefit from rich enrichment opportunities. However, achievement in reading and writing needs improvement, particularly in phonics screening and for disadvantaged pupils.
At a Glance
17.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 82% to 76%. Maths has remained stable at around 76%. Writing has declined from 71% to 64%.
Class Sizes
27.5
Avg class size
29.7
Infant (KS1)
26.8
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Over capacity
231 pupils
231 capacity
0 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Ware
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Ware
Admissions Demand - Hertfordshire
Places available
14,951
Applications
12,834
Got 1st preference
88.0%
Got preferred school
98.2%
Primary admissions across Hertfordshire (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.50002%
Overall absence
14.11765%
Persistent absence
170
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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