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Batchwood School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community special school
Townsend Drive, St Albans AL3 5RP · batchwood.herts.sch.uk · 01727 868021
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 11.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
- Pupils
- 111
- 10 over 101 places · 110%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 50.5%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 11.8, and 8.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hertfordshire it was 50.6, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼11.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼8.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼17.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼0.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼0.78 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 55 | −7.5 |
| Other education | 10 | +3.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 15 | +8.7 |
| Activity not captured | 20 | +1.2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Batchwood School on 14 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 14 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 13
- 14% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (100%) with SEND