Creswick Primary & Nursery School
Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4FL
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Creswick Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr R Lock
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 459
- Pupils on roll
- 404
- URN
- 117229
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
About this school
Creswick Primary & Nursery School was a community primary school in Welwyn Garden City. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 404 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Creswick Primary & Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - |
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 Creswick Primary & Nursery 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 | 47% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 419 |
| 2023/24 | 404 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Creswick Primary & Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 27.8% | 404 | — |
| Creswick Academy | 40% | 4.5% | 27.5% | 325 | 0.0 miles |
| Our Lady Catholic Primary School | 70% | 5.2% | 19.5% | 204 | 0.2 miles |
| Holwell Primary School | 77% | 4.8% | 32.8% | 397 | 0.5 miles |
| Peartree Primary School | 75% | 5.8% | 36.9% | 184 | 0.6 miles |
| Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School | 80% | 6.2% | 29.8% | 418 | 0.9 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.8%
- English as an additional language
- 15.1%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 22.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Creswick Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
-
Our Lady Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
-
Holwell Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
-
Peartree Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
-
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Welwyn Garden City
Other 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 Creswick Primary & Nursery School teach?
- Creswick Primary & Nursery School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Welwyn Garden City.
- Has Creswick Primary & Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Creswick Primary & Nursery School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Creswick Primary & Nursery School?
- Creswick Primary & Nursery School had 404 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Creswick Primary & Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Creswick Primary & Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Creswick Primary & Nursery 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 31 August 2024.