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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 11 November 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Laurance Haines School, URN 117320
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry166 applications · 60 places offered · 64 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2015 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as Laurance Haines School (URN 117320), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 166 | 2.8 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 155 | 2.6 | 53 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 56 | 167 | 3.0 | 49 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 137 | 2.4 | 53 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 53 | 119 | 2.3 | 49 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 43 | 131 | 3.1 | 36 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 172 | 2.9 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 180 | 3.0 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 148 | 2.5 | 49 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2017 | 59 | 166 | 2.8 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 207 | 3.5 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 202 | 3.4 | 82 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 211 | 3.5 | 76 | 1.27 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 82% · Writing 73% · Maths 82% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 70% | 7% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 5% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 3% | 103 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Laurance Haines SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireRequires improvement20232.6applications per place
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20242.7applications per place
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade202463%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Hertfordshire20262.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained202485%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Hertfordshire20262.6applications per place
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireGood20242.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Hertfordshire20263.1applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143603 · 919/2398
- Trust
- Inclusive Multi Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 463 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2016
- Replaced
- Laurance Haines School (URN 117320)
- Address
- Vicarage Road, Watford, WD18 0DD
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Watford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources