Batchwood School is a school located in St Albans. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 07/02/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 25.6%, which is 21.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Townsend Drive, St Albans, AL3 5RP
Website: www.batchwood.herts.sch.uk
Telephone: 01727868021
School Type: Community special school
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Jonathan Kemp
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 117674

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/02/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 74
Number of Pupils: 89
Number of Boys: 51
Number of Girls: 38

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 25.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 58.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -2.3 Confidence interval -2.98 to -1.63
Of the 14 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 14 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:0%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:74%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:0%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:10
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:0.83
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Muriel Green Nursery School
Church Crescent, AL3 5JB
1,280 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedGarden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School
Townsend Drive, AL3 5RL
241 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Margaret Wix Primary School
High Oaks, AL3 6EL
686 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4Bernards Heath Junior School
Watson Avenue, AL3 5HP
899 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School
154 Sandridge Road, AL1 4AP
1,129 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School
Etna Road, AL3 5NL
1,262 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4St Albans Girls' School
Sandridgebury Lane, AL3 6DB
851 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
3out of 4Townsend VA Church of England
High Oaks, AL3 6DR
1,056 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Loreto College
Hatfield Road, AL1 3RQ
1,723 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
3out of 4Verulam School
Brampton Road, AL1 4PR
2,170 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
4out of 4Sandringham School
The Ridgeway, AL4 9NX
2,518 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Batchwood School
Townsend Drive, AL3 5RP
0 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Heathlands School
Heathlands Drive, AL3 5AY
649 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedSt Albans High School for Girls
Townsend Avenue, St Albans AL1 3SJ
1,158 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
- not ratedSt Albans School
Abbey Gateway, AL3 4HB
1,794 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
- not ratedSt Albans Independent College
69 London Road, AL1 1LN
2,063 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.