Primary
Avanti Meadows Primary School
Farnham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 1FQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 315 of 656 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 20.6
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 212
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
47%
22 points below the Bishop's Stortford average (69% across 22 schools)
104.0
2.9 below the Bishop's Stortford average (106.9 across 22 schools)
19th of 23 by our score, among the primary schools in Bishop's Stortford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 47% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 67% |
| 23/24 | 73% |
| 24/25 | 47% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Farnham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 1FQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Rhys Jones
- Address
- Farnham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 1FQ
- Telephone
- 01279598575
Other primary schools nearby
- Northgate Primary School7.4/10
- All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford6.1/10
- Avanti Brook Primary SchoolNot enough data
- Farnham Church of England Primary School7.0/10
- Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School4.8/10
- Summercroft Primary School6.9/10