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De Havilland Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Travellers Lane, Hatfield AL10 8TQ · dehavilland.herts.sch.uk · 01707 273542
On the mapSearch near AL10 8TQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 425
- 94% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.3%
- First language not English
- 47.1%
- 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, 41 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 134716)
Ofsted
De Havilland Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 134716), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134716)
May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134716)
May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134716)
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 55
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (18%) with SEND