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Gaddesden Row JMI School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead HP2 6HG · gaddesdenrow.herts.sch.uk · 01582 840376
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 63%, England 61%
- Last distance offered
- 3.46 mi
- 5.57 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 49
- 88% of 56 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- First language not English
- 6.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Not Nearest School” went to a home 3.46 mi (5.57 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 3.50 mi (5.64 km). Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put the school first and 7 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.46 mi5.57 km | |
| September 2025 | 3.50 mi5.64 km | |
| September 2024 | 3.83 mi6.17 km | |
| September 2022 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place (0 allocations for 8 places).
Results
In 2023/24, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 63%, and across England 61%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | hidden | 105 | |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Gaddesden Row JMI School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 27
- 1% · 2 Sept 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied