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Foundational Skills: Ensures secure grasp of basic skills in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.
Success of the Curriculum: Well planned to meet pupils’ different learning needs.
Areas Needing Improvement: Lessons do not provide enough opportunities for pupils to become independent learners.
Support for Falling Behind: Those identified as making less than expected progress are quickly given extra help.
Behaviour and Attitudes: Outstanding behaviour, pupils are invariably polite and well mannered.
Performance in Maths & Reading: Standards are broadly in line with the national averages in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.
Support for SEND Pupils: Pupils in the speech and language bases make the same good progress as their mainstream classmates.
Managing Bullying and Pupil Safety: Pupils have a good understanding of how to keep safe, and say that they feel safe at school.
Promotion of Welfare and Safety: The social and emotional needs of every pupil are very well understood and met exceptionally well.
Parent Feedback: Parents and carers strongly agree that pupils are well looked after.
Parental Involvement: Some parents wanted to know more about their children’s progress and ways of helping their children at home.
Teacher Engagement: Teachers display good skills in managing pupils and providing clear explanations.
Impact on Student Progress: High quality climate for learning where pupils rapidly develop confidence.
Teaching Staff Challenges: Teaching assistants generally lack skills in evaluating pupils’ learning.
Assessment of Teaching Quality: The guidance provided through teachers’ marking of pupils’ work is inconsistent.
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Cowley Hill School is a Primary, Co-Ed school located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

It has 441 students from age 3-11 yr with a student-teacher ratio of 20 : 1.

At this school, 65% of pupils achieved higher standard in reading, writing & maths at key stage 2.

This school rated Good by recent Ofsted inspection.

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I'm thrilled to welcome you to Cowley Hill School, which is virtually brand-new. Cowley Hill has seen a significant metamorphosis over the past two years, the climax of which is our current spotless building that is situated on a sizable and very appealing location. We take great pride in our thriving, well-liked, and prosperous school. We are equally proud of our school's strong ethos, which permeates all we do and is noted by everyone who visits. The students at Cowley Hill are enthusiastic and enjoyable to teach. Our primary goal is to foster an atmosphere in which kids desire to learn, love learning, and feel justly proud of their accomplishments. Our ultimate goal is for the kids to grow up to be self-reliant, self-assured, high achievers, and responsible individuals. We hope that you will be impressed during your visit and that once you join us, you will find it to be a good, interesting, occasionally difficult, but always gratifying experience. There is no alternative for a visit, but we do hope that our website will help to answer many of your questions about who we are and what we do. Come meet us, so that you can feel the gracious Cowley Hill welcome for yourself.
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Phase of Education Primary Primary Primary
Type Local Authority Maintained Schools Local Authority Maintained Schools Local Authority Maintained Schools
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B-
B-
Ofset report Good Good Good
Age range 3-11 3-11 3-11
Gender Co-Ed Co-Ed Co-Ed
Student teacher ratio 20.7 25.8 21.7
Proficient Math 106 108 103
Proficient Read 106 109 104
Grade 5 or above GCSE - - -
Grade 5 or above A Level - - -
Day Fees - - -
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Primary Exam Result

View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.

Average scaled score School LA England
Maths 106 99 97
Reading 106 100 98

Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).

Reading, writing and maths School LA England
Pupils meeting the expected standard 65% 58.22% 55.92%
Pupils achieving at a higher standard 15% 9.91% 7.4%

Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.

Subject Progress score Description
Reading 2.2 Above Average
Writing 0.9 Above Average
Maths 2.5 Above Average

Exam Result Not Published

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Due to the pandemic 2020, 2021 and 2022 Primary school exam
results were not published at school level.

Exam Result Not Published

Due to the pandemic 2020, 2021 and 2022 Primary school exam
results were not published at school level.

View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.

Average scaled score School LA England
Maths 106 1 98 96
Reading 103 2 97 95

Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).

Reading, writing and maths School LA England
Pupils meeting the expected standard 68% 62.58% 60.39%
Pupils achieving at a higher standard 9% 5 11.96% 9.69%

Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.

Subject Progress score Description
Reading -2.1 Below Average
Writing 0.2 Average
Maths -0.5 Average

View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.

Average scaled score School LA England
Maths 107 1 94 94
Reading 105 2 96 95

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Reading, writing and maths School LA England
Pupils meeting the expected standard 68% 61.02% 59.48%
Pupils achieving at a higher standard 4% 8 11.68% 9.14%

Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.

Subject Progress score Description
Reading -1.4 Below Average
Writing -2.3 Below Average
Maths 0.9 Above Average

View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.

Average scaled score School LA England
Maths 106 94 93
Reading 103 95 93

Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).

Reading, writing and maths School LA England
Pupils meeting the expected standard 68% 59.69% 56.27%
Pupils achieving at a higher standard 12% 11.39% 8.17%

Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.

Subject Progress score Description
Reading -1.6 Below Average
Writing 3.3 Above Average
Maths 1.3 Above Average
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Holidays Date
Autumn Half Term Holidays 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024
Winter Holidays 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025
Spring Half Term Holidays 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025
Spring Holidays 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025
Summer Half Term Holidays 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025
Summer Holidays 24th Jul 2025 - 2nd Sep 2025

Terms Dates 2024/25

Terms Dates
Autumn Term 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024
Autumn Term-2 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024
Spring Term 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025
Spring Term-2 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025
Summer Term 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025
Summer Term-2 31st May 2025 - 23rd Jul 2025
Students Teachers
20 : 1
Student teacher ratio at Cowley Hill School
Local authority ratio 18 : 1

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