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Hatfield Community Free School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Briars Lane, Hatfield AL10 8ES · hcfs.org.uk · 01707 276018
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 406
- 97% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.1%
- First language not English
- 54.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 46 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 | 46 | 37 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 35 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.72 mi1.17 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.63 mi1.02 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (52 allocations for 60 places).
Every applicant was offered a place (5 children with no preference met were placed there).
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hatfield Community Free School on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- 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: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 42
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (24%) with SEND