Forres Primary School

What Forres Primary School does

Forres Primary School (legally Forres Primary Academy) is a UK state-funded primary academy located at Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, operating as a member of the Spiral Partnership Trust multi-academy trust. The school delivers the National Curriculum from the Early Years Foundation Stage (Reception) through Year 6, organised across named class pages including EYFS Confidence, Year 1 Empathy, Year 2 Kindness, Year 3/4 Creativity/Innovation/Imagination, Year 5 Perseverance, and Year 6 Determination. Curriculum delivery relies on established third-party programmes: Twinkl Phonics for systematic synthetic phonics, White Rose Maths for a mastery mathematics approach, Accelerated Reader for reading assessment, Jigsaw for PSHE and RE, and the Teach Computing Scheme.

The school's commercial activity is de minimis. Core teaching is free at point of use, funded by UK government per-pupil grants channelled through the trust. Ancillary fee-based revenue is generated by Spiral Faces, a wholly-owned Ofsted-registered wraparound childcare subsidiary offering breakfast club (£5.50/session, 7:30-8:45am) and after-school care (£9.00 until 4:30pm, £11.00 until 5:30pm), with bookings processed via Magic Booking. The school reports approximately 11 employees; leadership comprises Headteacher Gavin Douglas (appointed September 2020, NPQH-qualified) and Deputy Head Laura Port, with governance provided by a nine-member Local School Committee chaired by Raj Sagoo.

Go-to-market is effectively zero-cost admissions: the academy serves its defined local catchment in Hoddesdon and surrounding Hertfordshire, supported by a website (forresprimary.co.uk), two Facebook pages (the school's and Friends of Forres PTA), email newsletters, and Google Translate integration. The school was inspected by Ofsted in November 2022 with positive findings on EYFS provision; no revenue, accounts, or financial KPIs are publicly disclosed.

Name

Forres Primary School

Legal name

Forres Primary Academy

Website

https://forresprimary.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Forres Primary Academy is a state-funded UK primary school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, part of the Spiral Partnership Trust, delivering EYFS through Year 6 National Curriculum education to local families and operating Spiral Faces wraparound childcare as a fee-based subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAAAB

Public Elementary Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Public K–12 Schools & Districts

SECONDARYEDACABAA

General Preschools (Play-Based)

Education/Early Childhood Education/Preschools & Pre-K Programs

SECONDARYEDACACAD

Full-Day Nursery Programs

Education/Early Childhood Education/Nursery Schools & Playgroups

Keywords

• Primary school education
• Early years foundation
• Wraparound childcare
• Primary curriculum
• After school clubs

Headquarters

HQ city

Hoddesdon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Forres Primary Academy provides state-funded primary education for children aged 4-11 (Reception through Year 6), following the UK National Curriculum enhanced with structured phonics, maths mastery, computing, and PSHE programmes. The school also offers wraparound childcare through Spiral Faces (breakfast and after-school clubs) and a range of extracurricular activities including sports, arts, and drama clubs.

Product overview

Forres Primary Academy is a UK primary school offering a comprehensive educational programme from EYFS (Reception) through Year 6. The school follows the UK National Curriculum enhanced with specific programmes including Twinkl Phonics and HfL Essential Writing for English, White Rose Maths for mathematics, the Jigsaw Programme for PSHE and RE, and the Teach Computing Scheme for digital skills. The school provides wraparound care through Spiral Faces breakfast and after-school clubs, and offers a range of extracurricular activities including sports, arts, drama, and academic booster clubs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary School Education Services (EYFS to Year 6)
• Curriculum Subjects
• School Clubs (Extracurricular Programme)
• Spiral Faces Before and After School Care

Quantifiable outcome

• Positive Ofsted rating (November 2022): 'Children in the early years have a good start to their education. Leaders have thought carefully about what children need to know so that they are ready for Year 1.'
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Spiral Partnership TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-academy trust providing strategic oversight, governance, and support to Forres Primary Academy. The Local School Committee works within the trust's vision, ethos and policies. Trust Board of Directors is ultimately responsible for all actions of the trust's schools.
• Spiral FacescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBreakfast and after-school childcare provider operating on the school site from 7:30am to 5:30pm. Part of the school's Ofsted registration. Managed separately with own contact details (01727 519226) and booking system.
• Hoddesdon Rotary ClubminorOthersLocal Rotary Club that runs an annual Essay Writing Competition. Forres students participated in the 31st competition, with student Darcy winning out of nine local schools.
• St. Cuthbert's ChurchminorOthersLocal church that visits the school for religious education activities. Nic the Vic from St. Cuthbert's visited to re-enact the Christmas story with students.
• DSPL4 (Delivery and Support for Primary Learning)minorOthersLocal support network for primary schools in the area. School participates in DSPL4 activities and shares resources with other local schools.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Cranbourne Primary School: State-funded primary school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Direct geographic competitor for Reception-age pupils within the same town catchment as Forres.
• Sheredes Primary School: Nearby Hoddesdon-area primary school. Direct peer because families choose between it and Forres when applying for primary places in the local catchment.
• Haileybury Turnford School: Co-educational all-through school located in Hoddesdon/Cheshunt directly adjacent to Forres' catchment. Comparable because it competes for the same local families at primary transition and operates within a similar Hertfordshire state-funded context.
• Broxbourne CofE Primary School: Hertfordshire primary school serving the Broxbourne/Hoddesdon corridor. Comparable on age range, state-funded status, and competition for the same parent pool.

Regional players

• Westfield Primary School: Hertfordshire state primary serving a comparable suburban community. Comparable because it faces the same funding regime, scheme-based curriculum decisions, and Ofsted framework as Forres.
• Tudor Primary School: Hertfordshire primary operating under similar multi-academy trust governance structures. Comparable because it illustrates the trust-affiliated state primary model that Forres operates within.

Others

• White Rose Education: Curriculum provider of the White Rose Maths scheme used by Forres. Ecosystem participant: an upstream supplier whose resources shape Forres' maths differentiation.
• Renaissance Learning (Accelerated Reader): Provider of the Accelerated Reader reading assessment platform used by Forres. Ecosystem supplier whose tool supports Forres' post-phonics reading development offer.
• Twinkl: Publisher of the Twinkl Phonics programme adopted by Forres. Ecosystem supplier whose content underpins Forres' early reading instruction.

Broad incumbents

• Forres Sandle Manor School: Independent preparatory school in Surrey sharing the 'Forres' name and operating in the UK primary-prep segment. Comparable as an age-range and curriculum competitor in the broader private/state primary market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ForresPrimaryHoddesdon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/forres-primary-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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