Featherstone Wood Primary School
Featherston Road, Stevenage, SG2 9PP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Teresa Skeggs
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 222
- URN
- 131505
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01438235550
About this school
Featherstone Wood Primary School is a community primary school in Stevenage. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 222 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. 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 | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 61% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 64% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 68% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 68% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - | - |
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 Featherstone Wood 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 | 30% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 194 |
| 2023/24 | 185 |
| 2024/25 | 204 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Featherstone Wood Primary School compares
Featherstone Wood Primary School ranked 188th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 7.1% | 34.8% | 222 | — |
| Ashtree Primary Academy | — | 6.9% | 28.2% | 209 | 0.3 miles |
| Peartree Spring Primary School | 68% | 5.4% | 19.5% | 626 | 0.4 miles |
| Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School | 75% | 3.6% | 6.8% | 129 | 0.7 miles |
| Longmeadow Primary School | 32% | 6.6% | 34% | 201 | 0.7 miles |
| Shephalbury Park Primary School | 32% | 4.6% | 24.4% | 228 | 0.8 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)
- 34.78%
- English as an additional language
- 20.6%
- Overall absence
- 7.08%
- Persistent absence
- 22.81%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ashtree Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Peartree Spring Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Longmeadow Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Shephalbury Park Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stevenage
Other schools in Stevenage
Featherstone Wood Primary School ranks 11th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Stevenage.
- Almond Hill Junior School Primary
- Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Ashtree Primary Academy Primary
- Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Bedwell Primary School Primary
- Benington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broom Barns Primary School Primary
- Camps Hill Primary School Primary
- Fairlands Primary School Primary
- Giles Junior School Primary
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School Primary
- Lodge Farm Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Featherstone Wood Primary School teach?
- Featherstone Wood Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stevenage.
- Who is the headteacher of Featherstone Wood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Featherstone Wood Primary School is Mrs Teresa Skeggs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Featherstone Wood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Featherstone Wood 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 Featherstone Wood Primary School?
- Featherstone Wood Primary School has 222 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Featherstone Wood Primary School full?
- Featherstone Wood Primary School has capacity for 240 pupils and 222 on roll (93%), so it has space against 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 Featherstone Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Featherstone Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Featherstone Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Featherstone Wood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Featherstone Wood Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Featherstone Wood Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Featherstone Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 30% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Featherstone Wood Primary School rank locally?
- Featherstone Wood Primary School ranked 188th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Featherstone Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Featherstone Wood Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Featherstone Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Featherstone Wood 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.