Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 7SD
10 reasons to choose Templewood Primary School
Top line
Templewood Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Welwyn Garden City and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Templewood Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. 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
Templewood Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Templewood Primary School ranks in the top 13% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 36% of schools.
The Templewood 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 residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for sport.
Sport at Templewood Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Templewood 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.
Find another school near Templewood Primary School
Sherrardswood Preparatory School (1.9 miles); St Albans High School for Girls, Wheathampstead House Prep (5.2 miles); St Joseph’s in the Park (6.2 miles).
Applecroft School (1.2 miles); St John’s Church of England Primary School, Digswell (1.8 miles); Panshanger Primary School (1.9 miles).
Sherrardswood School (1.9 miles); St Albans High School for Girls (7.7 miles); St Albans Independent College (8.1 miles).
Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School (4.2 miles); Sandringham School (6.7 miles); Beaumont School (6.8 miles).