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Pinewood School

Hoe Lane, Ware, SG12 9PB

PINEWOOD SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance90.8%
Attainment–
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils206

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching and achievement needs attention; attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SG12. Where we have them, council (East Hertfordshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
206
Free school meals
47.1%
29.9% above district average (17.2%)

Also: England 49.2%

SEN
100%
67.1% above district average (32.9%)

Also: England 99.9%

EAL
5.3%
0.9% below district average (6.2%)
Attendance
90.8%
4.5% below district average (95.3%)

Also: England 87.2%

Persistent absence
25%
Attainment
–

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SG12 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.3%
  • 2021/2287.8%
  • 2022/2390.2%
  • 2023/2490.4%
  • 2024/2589.9%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
192
Pupils on roll
206

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Hertfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
SEN unit · SLCN, ASD, MLD
Need types
SLCNASDMLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates