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Peartree Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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corporate_fareIVY LEARNING TRUST

location_onWelwyn Garden City, AL7 3XW

language Visit Website phone 1707881033

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

194

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Expected Standard

75%

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Demand Ratio

0.6x

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Peartree Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Welwyn Garden City, serving ages 5-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 22% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Peartree Primary School is an academy converter in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, admitting pupils aged 5-11. It is part of IVY LEARNING TRUST. The school has approximately 187 pupils on roll, of whom 37% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 17% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #16 of 334 primaries in Hertfordshire and #1,253 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.6× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

75%

LA 61%

Reading80% LA 76%

Writing75% LA 70%

Maths88% LA 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

78%

LA 61%England 61%

Reading81% LA 76% · Eng 74%

Writing78% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths85% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

61%

LA 59%England 60%

Reading64% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing71% LA 69% · Eng 71%

Maths61% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.7

Read

LA 0.3

-3.2 to 1.7

3.8

Write

LA -0.4

1.4 to 6.1

-0.2

Maths

LA -0.1

-2.5 to 2.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

29 April 2025

Inspection Report

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08 September 2022

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-02-11

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-10-03

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.5%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

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verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 187 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.5%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	187	1	0.5%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	187	1	0.5%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	186	3	1.6%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	188	2	1.1%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	189	4	2.1%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	196	7	3.6%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	194	10	5.2%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	191	4	2.1%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	180	2	1.1%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 13 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 12 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 7 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils