Windhill21 is a mixed primary academy in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 451 pupils aged 3 to 11. It was last inspected by Ofsted in March 2025. In 2024–2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 8 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Windhill21.

Latest inspection
Inspected Ungraded inspection
Outcome: Standards maintained. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 26 Mar 2025 · Published 7 May 2025
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Windhill21.

Windhill21 term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3–5 Inset Days
  • 8 Autumn Term Starts
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 3 Inset Day
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3 Inset Day
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Autumn Term Ends
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 5 Inset Day
  • 6 Spring Term Starts
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 Spring Term Ends
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 13 Summer Term Starts
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 22 Summer Term Ends
  • 23 Occasional Day

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Days September 3–5, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Starts September 8, 2025 Term
  • Inset Day October 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Half Term October 27–31, 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day November 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Ends December 19, 2025 (1:30pm) Term
  • Inset Day January 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Starts January 6, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term February 16–20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Ends March 27, 2026 (1:30pm) Term
  • Summer Term Starts April 13, 2026 Term
  • May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25–29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Ends July 22, 2026 (1:30pm) Term
  • Occasional Day July 23, 2026 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
70% Expected standard at KS2 England 62% Top 35%
7.3% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 18%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Windhill21 with Hertfordshire County Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 70% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 70%
Hertfordshire County Council 64% England 62% +8 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 107
Hertfordshire County Council 107 England 106 in line with England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 105
Hertfordshire County Council 105 England 105 in line with England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 60
Attendance 7.3% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 7.3%
Hertfordshire County Council 16.5% England 17.8% -10.5 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 3.6%
Hertfordshire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% -3.1 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Windhill21. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Windhill21 than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.