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Batchwood School

URN
117674
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Batchwood School
URN
117674
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

43 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

15

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

10

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
20 May 2026
Inspection date
14 April 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 14 April 2026

  • Inclusion

    Expected standard

    Graded 14 April 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Hertfordshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Hertfordshire)
School website
www.batchwood.herts.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Hertfordshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

11.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

8.7%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

17.4%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

0.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

AL3 5RP - Townsend Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire

Contact details

Address
Townsend Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Postcode
AL3 5RP
Phone
1727868021
Website
www.batchwood.herts.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Hertfordshire
Local authority code
919

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 986 schools in Hertfordshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

986

Open schools

589

Closed schools

395

Primary schools

614

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Needs attention

    Graded 14 April 2026

  • Achievement

    Expected standard

    Graded 14 April 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Expected standard

    Graded 14 April 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Expected standard

    Graded 14 April 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Expected standard

    Graded 14 April 2026

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    20 May 202614 April 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 20 May 2026
    9 March 20221 February 2022Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1GoodView report for inspection published 9 March 2022
    • Report card

      Published
      20 May 2026
      Inspected
      14 April 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • Good

      Published
      9 March 2022
      Inspected
      1 February 2022
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    EBacc achievement

    0.0%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    47.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    47.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    175

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary614 (63.5%)
    • Secondary175 (18.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other178 (18.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School221 mPrimaryClosed
    Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School221 mPrimaryOpen
    Heathlands School595 mNot applicableOpen
    Margaret Wix Primary School628 mPrimaryOpen
    St Albans Girls' School779 mSecondaryClosed
    St Albans Girls' School779 mSecondaryOpen
    Bernards Heath Junior School823 mPrimaryOpen
    Townsend Church of England School967 mSecondaryOpen
    Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Albans High School for Girls1.1 kmNot applicableOpen
    • Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School
      Distance
      221 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School
      Distance
      221 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Heathlands School
      Distance
      595 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Margaret Wix Primary School
      Distance
      628 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Hertfordshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbot's Hill SchoolNot applicableHP3 8RPOpen
    Aldenham SchoolNot applicableWD6 3AJOpen
    Aldwickbury SchoolNot applicableAL5 1ADOpen
    Amwell View SchoolNot applicableSG12 8EHOpen
    Beechwood Park SchoolNot applicableAL3 8AWOpen
    • Abbot's Hill School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      HP3 8RP
      Status
      Open
    • Aldenham School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      WD6 3AJ
      Status
      Open
    • Aldwickbury School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      AL5 1AD
      Status
      Open
    • Amwell View School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      SG12 8EH
      Status
      Open
    • Beechwood Park School
    St Albans Girls' School
    Distance
    779 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Albans Girls' School
    Distance
    779 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Bernards Heath Junior School
    Distance
    823 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Townsend Church of England School
    Distance
    967 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Albans High School for Girls
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    AL3 8AW
    Status
    Open