# Samuel Lucas Primary School

Samuel Lucas Primary School is a primary school in North Hertfordshire, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 416 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E117337. [North Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-hertfordshire)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 416
- Council: North Hertfordshire
- URN: 117337

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), October 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 3 October 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 75% of pupils at Samuel Lucas Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
25% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 25% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wilshere-dacre-junior-academy-e140611): 500 m. Primary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hitchin Boys' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hitchin-boys-school-e139154): 550 m. Secondary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 56.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Oughton Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oughton-primary-and-nursery-school-e133323): 690 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [York Road Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/york-road-nursery-school-e117071): 730 m. Nursery. School remains Outstanding, July 2023
- [Highbury Infant School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highbury-infant-school-and-nursery-e117113): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022
- [Hitchin Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hitchin-girls-school-e137288): 1.2 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 61.8 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/117337)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/117337)

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