Roundwood Primary School
Roundwood Park, Harpenden, AL5 3AD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kate Hooft
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 339
- Pupils on roll
- 338
- URN
- 117211
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582460756
About this school
Roundwood Primary School is a community primary school in Harpenden. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 338 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 84% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 9% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% | 93% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 98% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 96% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 112.0 | 112.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 113.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
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 Roundwood 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 | 69% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 84% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 332 |
| 2023/24 | 335 |
| 2024/25 | 333 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Roundwood Primary School compares
Roundwood Primary School ranked 142nd of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.4% | 2.6% | 338 | — |
| St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School | 91% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 149 | 0.6 miles |
| Wood End School | 80% | 3.4% | 2.1% | 457 | 0.6 miles |
| Harpenden Academy | 81% | 3.9% | 6.5% | 216 | 0.8 miles |
| The Lea Primary School and Nursery | 70% | 5.5% | 10.7% | 239 | 1.0 miles |
| St Dominic Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 232 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 5 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 2.62%
- English as an additional language
- 8.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.36%
- Persistent absence
- 7.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Harpenden
-
Wood End School0.6 miles
Primary · Harpenden
-
Harpenden Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Harpenden
-
The Lea Primary School and Nursery1.0 miles
Primary · Harpenden
-
St Dominic Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Harpenden
Other schools in Harpenden
Roundwood Primary School ranks 9th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Harpenden.
- Crabtree Infants' School Primary
- Crabtree Junior School Primary
- Harpenden Academy Primary
- High Beeches Primary School Primary
- Manland Primary School Primary
- Sauncey Wood Primary School Primary
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School Primary
- The Grove Infant and Nursery School Primary
- The Grove Junior School Primary
- The Lea Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Wood End School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Roundwood Primary School teach?
- Roundwood Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Harpenden.
- Who is the headteacher of Roundwood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Roundwood Primary School is Mrs Kate Hooft, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Roundwood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Roundwood 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 big is Roundwood Primary School?
- Roundwood Primary School has 338 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Roundwood Primary School full?
- Roundwood Primary School has capacity for 339 pupils and 338 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Roundwood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Roundwood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Roundwood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Roundwood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Roundwood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Roundwood Primary School rank locally?
- Roundwood Primary School ranked 142nd of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Roundwood Primary School's absence rate?
- Roundwood Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Roundwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Roundwood 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.