Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Primary schoolSwallow Dell Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Welwyn Hatfield, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 418 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 80% of pupils at Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
13% 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 | 80% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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
In a straight line- Holwell Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
- Ludwick Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, February 2023700 m
- Panshanger Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- Ridgeway AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.4 (2025/26, provisional)910 m
- Peartree Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Watchlytes Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)920 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Welwyn Hatfield
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).