Maple Grove Primary School
St Agnell's Lane, Grove Hill, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7BG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Ms Sam Woodcock
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 135221
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01442214966
About this school
Maple Grove Primary School is a community primary school in Hemel Hempstead. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 206 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Maple Grove 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 17% | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 52% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 34% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 48% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 97.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.00 | - | - |
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 Maple Grove 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 | 31% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 17% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 36% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 220 |
| 2023/24 | 224 |
| 2024/25 | 210 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Maple Grove Primary School compares
Maple Grove Primary School ranked 318th of 336 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% 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 | 36% | 7.1% | 29.2% | 206 | — |
| Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School | — | 7.7% | 24.6% | 201 | 0.4 miles |
| Holtsmere End Junior School | 53% | 6.8% | 36.2% | 237 | 0.4 miles |
| Aycliffe Drive Primary School | 51% | 6.5% | 25.1% | 327 | 0.4 miles |
| Hammond Academy | 67% | 8.5% | 31.1% | 308 | 0.4 miles |
| Brockswood Primary School | 87% | 6.4% | 29.2% | 247 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report19 May 2026
- 26 September 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.15%
- English as an additional language
- 33.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.11%
- Persistent absence
- 20.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Hemel Hempstead
-
Holtsmere End Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Hemel Hempstead
-
Aycliffe Drive Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Hemel Hempstead
-
Hammond Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Hemel Hempstead
-
Brockswood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Hemel Hempstead
Other schools in Hemel Hempstead
Maple Grove Primary School ranks 28th of the 30 ranked primary schools in Hemel Hempstead.
- Aycliffe Drive Primary School Primary
- Belswains Primary School Primary
- Bovingdon Primary Academy Primary
- Boxmoor Primary School Primary
- Broadfield Academy Primary
- Brockswood Primary School Primary
- Chambersbury Primary School Primary
- Gaddesden Row JMI School Primary
- Gade Valley Primary School Primary
- Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery Primary
- George Street Primary School Primary
- Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Maple Grove Primary School teach?
- Maple Grove Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hemel Hempstead.
- Who is the head teacher of Maple Grove Primary School?
- The head teacher of Maple Grove Primary School is Ms Sam Woodcock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Maple Grove Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Maple Grove 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 Maple Grove Primary School?
- Maple Grove Primary School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Maple Grove Primary School full?
- Maple Grove Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 206 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 Maple Grove Primary School a faith school?
- No. Maple Grove Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Maple Grove Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Maple Grove Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Maple Grove Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% in 2022/23 and 36% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Maple Grove Primary School compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?
- Maple Grove Primary School ranked 318th of 336 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% 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 Maple Grove Primary School's absence rate?
- Maple Grove Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Maple Grove Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Maple Grove 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 13 August 2026.