Creswick Academy
Primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Requires improvement (Dec 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 6 December 2022, report published 5 March 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Creswick Primary & Nursery School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Creswick Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around June 2025
The last inspection was in December 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.2 milesOur Lady Catholic Primary School
Report card, Mar 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- 0.5 milesHolwell Primary School
Good (Jan 2023)
- 0.6 milesPeartree Primary School
Standards maintained (Apr 2025)
- 0.9 milesSwallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)
- 1.0 milesApplecroft School
Good (Nov 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.