Sauncey Wood Primary School

Community schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed

Pickford Hill, Harpenden, AL5 5HL

Headteacher · Mr Jamie Brewis

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 October 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils147Capacity 210

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 13 May 2025

Free school meals22.4%

SEN provisionResourced provision

Inspection on 13 May 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Hertfordshire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 10 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered17

Applications25

First choice10

First-choice offers10

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).