Longmeadow Primary School
Oaks Cross, Broadwater, Stevenage, SG2 8LT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James Berry
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- URN
- 135083
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01438351087
About this school
Longmeadow Primary School is a community primary school in Stevenage. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 201 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 32 | 37 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 43% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 3% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 62% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 46% | 36% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 59% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 98.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
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 Longmeadow 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 | 50% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 227 |
| 2023/24 | 212 |
| 2024/25 | 206 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Longmeadow Primary School compares
Longmeadow Primary School ranked 326th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 6.6% | 34% | 201 | — |
| Shephalbury Park Primary School | 32% | 4.6% | 24.4% | 228 | 0.1 miles |
| Peartree Spring Primary School | 68% | 5.4% | 19.5% | 626 | 0.6 miles |
| Roebuck Academy | 50% | 5.2% | 24% | 452 | 0.7 miles |
| Featherstone Wood Primary School | 64% | 7.1% | 34.8% | 222 | 0.7 miles |
| St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School | 72% | 3.2% | 8.1% | 235 | 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)
- 34.04%
- English as an additional language
- 24.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.59%
- Persistent absence
- 22.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shephalbury Park Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Peartree Spring Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Roebuck Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Featherstone Wood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stevenage
Other schools in Stevenage
Longmeadow Primary School ranks 21st 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
- Featherstone Wood Primary School Primary
- Giles Junior School Primary
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Longmeadow Primary School teach?
- Longmeadow Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stevenage.
- Who is the headteacher of Longmeadow Primary School?
- The headteacher of Longmeadow Primary School is Mr James Berry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Longmeadow Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Longmeadow 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 Longmeadow Primary School?
- Longmeadow Primary School has 201 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Longmeadow Primary School full?
- Longmeadow Primary School has capacity for 200 pupils and 201 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 Longmeadow Primary School a faith school?
- No. Longmeadow Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Longmeadow Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Longmeadow Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Longmeadow Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Longmeadow Primary School rank locally?
- Longmeadow Primary School ranked 326th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Longmeadow Primary School's absence rate?
- Longmeadow Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Longmeadow Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Longmeadow 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 1 July 2026.