Four Swannes Primary School
King Edward Road, Waltham Cross, EN8 7HH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Alan Moore
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Broxbourne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 192
- URN
- 117092
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01992763939
About this school
Four Swannes Primary School is a community primary school in Waltham Cross. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 192 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Four Swannes Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 28 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 32% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 43% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 43% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Four Swannes Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 202 |
| 2023/24 | 209 |
| 2024/25 | 201 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Four Swannes Primary School compares
Four Swannes Primary School ranked 251st of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 6.7% | 36% | 192 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) | 62% | 3.8% | 9.1% | 208 | 0.3 miles |
| Hurst Drive Primary School | 63% | 6% | 32.8% | 399 | 0.4 miles |
| Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery | 52% | 5.9% | 45.2% | 210 | 0.5 miles |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 69% | 6.1% | 21.1% | 198 | 0.6 miles |
| Downfield Primary School | 22% | 7.2% | 29.8% | 467 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.96%
- English as an additional language
- 57.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.69%
- Persistent absence
- 23.12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx)0.3 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
-
Hurst Drive Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
-
Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
-
Downfield Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
Other schools in Waltham Cross
Four Swannes Primary School ranks 11th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Waltham Cross.
- Bonneygrove Primary School Primary
- Brookland Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Brookland Junior School Primary
- Burleigh Primary School Primary
- Churchfield Church of England Academy Primary
- Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School Primary
- Downfield Primary School Primary
- Fairfields Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Flamstead End School Primary
- Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Four Swannes Primary School teach?
- Four Swannes Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Waltham Cross.
- Who is the headteacher of Four Swannes Primary School?
- The headteacher of Four Swannes Primary School is Mr Alan Moore, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Four Swannes Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Four Swannes Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Four Swannes Primary School?
- Four Swannes Primary School has 192 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Four Swannes Primary School full?
- Four Swannes Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 192 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Four Swannes Primary School a faith school?
- No. Four Swannes Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Four Swannes Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Four Swannes Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Four Swannes Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Four Swannes Primary School compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?
- Four Swannes Primary School ranked 251st of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Four Swannes Primary School's absence rate?
- Four Swannes Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Four Swannes Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Four Swannes Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.