Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6JZ
10 reasons to choose Applecroft School
Top line
Applecroft School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Welwyn Garden City and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Applecroft School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. It is a Single Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Applecroft School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Applecroft School ranks in the top 17% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 29% of schools.
The Applecroft School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. SpLD Outreach Service based at the school. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Applecroft School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Applecroft School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Applecroft School
Sherrardswood Preparatory School (2.8 miles); St Albans High School for Girls, Wheathampstead House Prep (4.3 miles); Aldwickbury School (5.8 miles).
Templewood Primary School (1.2 miles); Panshanger Primary School (2.3 miles); St John’s Church of England Primary School, Digswell (2.8 miles).
Sherrardswood School (2.8 miles); St Albans High School for Girls (6.8 miles); St Albans Independent College (7.1 miles).
Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School (3.3 miles); Sandringham School (5.8 miles); Beaumont School (5.8 miles).