Martins Wood Primary School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Hertfordshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Hertfordshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Reception

For September 2026, 44 families put this school as their first choice, and 51 places were offered. 44 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• SS Ltd @ Martins Wood. Ofsted report
• Rising Stars Wrap Around Clubs, breakfast club, after-school club. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 2 December 2025. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

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Curriculum and teaching

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Achievement

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Attendance and behaviour

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Personal development and wellbeing

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Early years

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Leadership and governance

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Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 16 November 2021. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as Martins Wood Primary School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Primary

Ages

2–11

Pupils

532 (capacity 780)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

IVY LEARNING TRUST

Phone

01438222602

Address

Mildmay Road, Stevenage, SG1 5RT

Website

martinswood.herts.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports