Birchwood Avenue Primary School is a primary school located in Hatfield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 20/03/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is above average, progress in reading and progress in writing are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Birchwood Avenue, Hatfield

School Information

Address: Birchwood Avenue, Hatfield, AL10 0PS
Website: www.birchwoodavenue.herts.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01707262503
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr N Read
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 132105

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 20/03/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 240
Number of Pupils: 215
Number of Boys: 118
Number of Girls: 97

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 1.4 Confidence interval -0.8 to 3.6
Writing
Average: -0.5 Confidence interval -2.5 to 1.6
Maths
Above Average: 2.2 Confidence interval 0.3 to 4.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:65%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:3%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Birchwood Nursery School
Birchway , Crawford Road AL10 0PD 		4out of 4 97 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Birchwood Avenue Primary School
Birchwood Avenue , AL10 0PS 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Countess Anne Church of England School
School Lane , AL10 8AX 		3out of 4 770 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Green Lanes Primary School
Green Lanes , AL10 9JY 		3out of 4 1,013 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Ryde School
Pleasant Rise , AL9 5DR 		3out of 4 1,082 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Hatfield Community Free School
Briars Lane , AL10 8ES 		4out of 4 1,295 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Onslow St Audreys School
Old Rectory Drive , AL10 8AB 		2out of 4 1,205 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Woods Avenue , AL10 8NL 		4out of 4 1,305 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Stanborough School
Lemsford Lane , AL8 6YR 		2out of 4 2,564 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Southfield School
Woods Avenue , AL10 8NN 		3out of 4 1,388 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield Campus , College Lane AL10 9AB 		- not rated 2,376 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Links Hatfield Academy
Travellers Lane , AL10 8TJ 		- not rated 2,393 yd Academy alternative provision sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Lakeside School
Lemsford Lane , AL8 6YN 		4out of 4 2,716 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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