Peartree Spring Primary School

About Peartree Spring Primary School

Peartree Spring Primary School’s headline Key Stage 2 results sit noticeably below the Hertfordshire local authority average for primary schools. The LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 64%, but at Peartree Spring only 57% of pupils achieved that benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That seven-point gap places the school in the bottom half of primary schools nationally, at the 64th percentile, and 225th out of 401 similar schools across Hertfordshire. Within Stevenage specifically, it ranks 9th out of 19 primaries. The school’s overall Ofsted rating of Good, confirmed in an ungraded inspection in 2023, is a step down from its previous Outstanding rating in 2009. While the leadership and management and early years provision both remain rated Outstanding, the overall effectiveness has settled at Good, which aligns with the fact that only 45 of Hertfordshire’s 401 primary schools currently hold an Outstanding grade.

Digging into the individual subject scores, the picture is mixed. In reading, 74% of pupils met the expected standard and 21% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 103. Writing saw 73% at expected and just 7% at the higher level. Maths was the weakest area: 69% reached the expected standard, only 8% hit the higher standard, and the average scaled score was 101. The proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in all three subjects combined was just 3%. These figures suggest that while most children leave Peartree Spring with a solid foundation, the school is not pushing a large cohort into the top performance bands. The school’s Progress 8 scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, so it is difficult to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points, but the raw outcomes are clearly below the county norm.

Peartree Spring is a large primary with 625 pupils on roll, very close to its capacity of 630, and it is heavily oversubscribed. For the 2025/26 intake, there were 208 applications for 89 places, with 102 first-preference applications and only 83 offers made to first-preference families — an oversubscription ratio of 2.34. This suggests strong local demand despite the middling results. The school offers a broad set of facilities including a gymnasium, ICT suite, music rooms, a chapel and a Forest School, plus clubs ranging from chess and coding to gardening and eco club. Sports provision covers netball, dance, gymnastics and cross country. SEND support is well-documented, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language issues, physical disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder. For families in Stevenage who prioritise a well-resourced, inclusive environment with strong early years provision and a Good Ofsted rating, Peartree Spring is a popular choice — but those focused purely on top-tier academic outcomes may want to look at higher-performing schools in the area.

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