Forres Primary School
Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0RW
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Forres Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Gavin Douglas
- Constituency
- Broxbourne
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 297
- URN
- 117284
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
About this school
Forres Primary School was a community primary school in Hoddesdon. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 297 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Forres Primary 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 | 47 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 47% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.50 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - |
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 Forres 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 | 43% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 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 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 307 |
| 2023/24 | 297 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Forres Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.7% | 29% | 297 | — |
| Forres Primary Academy | 54% | 7.3% | 31.6% | 199 | 0.0 miles |
| The Cranbourne Primary School | 68% | 4.3% | 13.2% | 409 | 0.3 miles |
| Roselands Primary School | 50% | 5.4% | 17.5% | 300 | 0.5 miles |
| St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School | 30% | 7.4% | 24.7% | 383 | 0.7 miles |
| High Leigh Primary School | 48% | 6.4% | 40.3% | 166 | 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)
- 29%
- English as an additional language
- 13.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.7%
- Persistent absence
- 26.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Forres Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Hoddesdon
-
The Cranbourne Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hoddesdon
-
Roselands Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hoddesdon
-
St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Hoddesdon
-
High Leigh Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Hoddesdon
Other schools in Hoddesdon
- Forres Primary Academy Primary
- High Leigh Primary School Primary
- Roselands Primary School Primary
- Sheredes Primary School Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School Primary
- St Cross Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Cranbourne Primary School Primary
- Robert Barclay Academy Secondary
- The John Warner School Secondary
- Rivers Education Support Centre Local authority maintained schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Forres Primary School teach?
- Forres Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Hoddesdon.
- Has Forres Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Forres Primary 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 big is Forres Primary School?
- Forres Primary School had 297 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Forres Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Forres Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Forres 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 31 August 2024.