Mandeville Primary School
West Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0BL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Kara Hales
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 326
- Pupils on roll
- 318
- URN
- 117305
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01279723737
About this school
Mandeville Primary School is a community primary school in Sawbridgeworth. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 318 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mandeville 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
- Good
- 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 | 31 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 84% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 16% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 90% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 87% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 81% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Mandeville 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 | 63% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 84% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 226 |
| 2023/24 | 256 |
| 2024/25 | 282 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mandeville Primary School compares
Mandeville Primary School ranked 78th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 5.5% | 15.6% | 318 | — |
| Reedings Junior School | 77% | 3.6% | 7.4% | 243 | 0.3 miles |
| Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School | — | 4.1% | 8.9% | 211 | 0.4 miles |
| Spellbrook CofE Primary School | 53% | 6.3% | 21.9% | 105 | 1.3 miles |
| High Wych Church of England Primary School | 63% | 5.6% | 14.4% | 224 | 1.3 miles |
| Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 70% | 5.8% | 4.1% | 119 | 1.9 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.63%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.51%
- Persistent absence
- 11.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Reedings Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Sawbridgeworth
-
Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School0.4 miles
Primary · Sawbridgeworth
-
Spellbrook CofE Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Bishop's Stortford
-
High Wych Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Sawbridgeworth
-
Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Bishop's Stortford
Other schools in Sawbridgeworth
- Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School Primary
- High Wych Church of England Primary School Primary
- Reedings Junior School Primary
- Leventhorpe Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Mandeville Primary School teach?
- Mandeville Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Sawbridgeworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Mandeville Primary School?
- The headteacher of Mandeville Primary School is Miss Kara Hales, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mandeville Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mandeville 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 Mandeville Primary School?
- Mandeville Primary School has 318 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mandeville Primary School full?
- Mandeville Primary School has capacity for 326 pupils and 318 on roll (98%), 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 Mandeville Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mandeville Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mandeville Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mandeville Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Mandeville Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mandeville Primary School compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?
- Mandeville Primary School ranked 78th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mandeville Primary School's absence rate?
- Mandeville Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mandeville Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mandeville 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.