Walkern Primary School
High Street, Walkern, Stevenage, SG2 7NSOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Walkern Primary School is a primary school in Stevenage for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 583 schools in Hertfordshire. It ranks 3rd of 22 primary schools in Stevenage. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in February 2020.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 25 February 2020, report published 19 May 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 11 March 2025
Pupils at this school are happy, safe and successful. They benefit from following an ambitious and varied school curriculum from the early years upwards. The school has high expectations. It ensures that pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6. This means that they are well prepared for secondary school. The support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive allows them to make good progress with their learning. Pupils are proud of their school vision statement, 'choose learning, choose friendship, choose kindness', which they helped to create. They live out these values by showing independence, responsibility and respect. Unwelcome behaviours are rare. This results in a calm and harmonious school. Pupils know that they have trusted adults to help them if needed. Pupils appreciate how much staff care about their well-being. Older pupils look forward to a residential trip that develops their resilience and teamwork. Pupils enjoy visitors coming into school to help them understand road safety. Pupils know how to stay safe online. They enjoy visits to museums and re-enactments to help them understand the past. They aspire to playing in the school football team. Pupils and their families enjoy raising funds to improve the school environment, such as the new trim trail and astro turf.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, pupils are often not able to recall prior learning. This hinders how well pupils can build their knowledge and deepen their understanding to meet the school's ambitious curriculum aims. The school needs to ensure that in these subjects the detailed prior knowledge pupils need is explicitly signposted. The school needs to ensure that all checks on learning provide the assurances it needs that all pupils have secured key knowledge before they move on to new learning.
- The school's improvement priorities are not matched precisely to the curriculum areas the school needs to work on most. This can hinder how swiftly and accurately the school addresses some areas that need attention. Leaders, including governors, need to sharpen their strategic oversight of the curriculum so they check more robustly on the impact of their actions on areas of most importance.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
14 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
154 pupils on roll, with places for 146
Schools near Walkern Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benington Church of England Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 82% met the expected standard |
| Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Lodge Farm Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good | 37% met the expected standard |
| Martins Wood Primary School | 2 miles | Report card: Expected standard | 65% met the expected standard |
| Camps Hill Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 50% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonty Hall
- Phone
- 01438861285
- Address
- High Street, Walkern, Stevenage, SG2 7NS
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- URN
- 117154
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.