Pinewood School
Hoe Lane, Ware, SG12 9PB
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PINEWOOD SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Taney Howarth
- Religious ethos
- None
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 192
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 141251
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01920412211
About this school
Pinewood School is a special academy in Ware. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 206 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 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
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 35 | 35 | 54 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Pinewood 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 204 |
| 2023/24 | 209 |
| 2024/25 | 209 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report12 May 2026
- 3 October 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.8%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.05%
- Persistent absence
- 26.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Middleton School0.1 miles
Special schools · Ware
-
Haileybury College1.5 miles
Independent schools · Hertford
-
Amwell View School1.6 miles
Special schools · Ware
-
Hailey Hall School1.7 miles
Academies · Hertford
-
Duncombe School2.0 miles
Independent schools · Hertford
Other schools in Ware
- Amwell View School Special schools
- Middleton School Special schools
- Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary
- Jenyns First School and Nursery Primary
- Kingshill Infant School Primary
- Larkspur Academy Primary
- Little Hadham Primary School Primary
- Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Priors Wood Primary School Primary
- Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Roger De Clare First CofE School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Pinewood School teach?
- Pinewood School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Ware.
- Who is the headteacher of Pinewood School?
- The headteacher of Pinewood School is Ms Taney Howarth, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Pinewood School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pinewood 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 Pinewood School?
- Pinewood School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Pinewood School full?
- Pinewood School has capacity for 192 pupils and 206 on roll (107%), 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 Pinewood School a faith school?
- No. Pinewood School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Pinewood School?
- Pinewood School is part of PINEWOOD SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Pinewood School have?
- The schools register lists Pinewood School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Pinewood School's absence rate?
- Pinewood School's overall absence rate is 10.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Pinewood School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pinewood 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 15 July 2026.