Springmead Primary School
Hillyfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2HB
248 pupils · 59% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- SPIRAL PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 24.2%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 6 July 2022, published 26 September 2022. 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 | 52% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 16% |
“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 — 0.76 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 22 | 50 | 27 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 35 | 64 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 28 | 28 | 63 | 28 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 29 | 30 | 66 | 29 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 24 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 50 | 25 | 70 | 37 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 39 | 31 | 76 | 36 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 59 | 40 | 75 | 43 |
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
- Watchlytes Primary School 0.6 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2025)
- Panshanger Primary School 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.3 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Waterside Academy 1.4 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School 1.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Tewin Cowper Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
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.