The Street, Manuden, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 1DE
10 reasons to choose Manuden Primary School
Top line
Manuden Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Bishop’s Stortford and one of the 7 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Manuden Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 5 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.
Average class size
Manuden Primary School has five classes and an average class size of 21 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Manuden Primary School ranks in the top 39% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average. At the end of Year 6 most pupils transfer to The Herts & Essex High School (girls), Bishops Stortford High School (boys), Hockerill Anglo-European College, Birchwood High School or Joyce Frankland Academy.
The Manuden Primary 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. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a biennial residential trip for Years 5 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Manuden Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Manuden Primary 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 7.30am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Manuden Primary School
Bishop’s Stortford College Prep & Pre-Prep School (4.2 miles); Howe Green House (5.9 miles); Stephen Perse Junior School Dame Bradbury’s (9.7 miles).
Bishop’s Stortford College (4.2 miles); St Edmund’s College, Ware (10.5 miles).
St Mary’s Catholic School (3.7 miles); Hockerill Anglo-European College (4 miles); The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College (4 miles).