Templewood Primary School
Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Katherine Martindill
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 225
- URN
- 117174
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01707324251
About this school
Templewood Primary School is a community primary school in Welwyn Garden City. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 225 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Templewood 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 80% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 23% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 97% | 87% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 90% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 93% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
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 Templewood 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 | 83% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 224 |
| 2023/24 | 225 |
| 2024/25 | 233 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Templewood Primary School compares
Templewood Primary School ranked 223rd of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 5.2% | 9% | 225 | — |
| Homerswood Primary and Nursery School | 62% | 5% | 25.1% | 218 | 0.5 miles |
| Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School | 55% | 5.9% | 29% | 179 | 0.6 miles |
| Applecroft School | 78% | 3.5% | 11.4% | 454 | 0.9 miles |
| Peartree Primary School | 75% | 5.8% | 36.9% | 184 | 1.0 miles |
| St John's CofE Primary School | 73% | 4.3% | 11.3% | 224 | 1.0 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)
- 9%
- English as an additional language
- 12.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.17%
- Persistent absence
- 14.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
-
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
-
Applecroft School0.9 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
-
Peartree Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
-
St John's CofE Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Welwyn
Other schools in Welwyn Garden City
Templewood Primary School ranks 12th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Welwyn Garden City.
- Applecroft School Primary
- Commonswood Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Creswick Academy Primary
- Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Holwell Primary School Primary
- Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School Primary
- Panshanger Primary School Primary
- Peartree Primary School Primary
- Springmead Primary School Primary
- St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford Primary
- Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Templewood Primary School teach?
- Templewood Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City.
- Who is the headteacher of Templewood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Templewood Primary School is Miss Katherine Martindill, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Templewood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Templewood 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 Templewood Primary School?
- Templewood Primary School has 225 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Templewood Primary School full?
- Templewood Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 225 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Templewood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Templewood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Templewood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Templewood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Templewood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Templewood Primary School compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?
- Templewood Primary School ranked 223rd of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Templewood Primary School's absence rate?
- Templewood Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Templewood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Templewood 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.