Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Blackthorn Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3JP
418 pupils · 93% of 450 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 28.8%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 24 June 2025, published 9 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 80% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 13% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.9 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 52 | 47 | 123 | 51 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 53 | 48 | 116 | 53 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 36 | 33 | 92 | 36 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 55 | 47 | 148 | 54 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 51 | 41 | 119 | 47 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 58 | 43 | 132 | 58 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 58 | 166 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 69 | 156 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Holwell Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Panshanger Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Peartree Primary School 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Watchlytes Primary School 0.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2025)
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School 1.1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Commonswood Primary & Nursery School 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.