Highwood Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jun 27 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Unique reference
- 117089
- Address
- Mead Way, WD23 2AW
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 441 (96% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.1%
- Girls
- 49.9%
- First language not English
- 32.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 16.3%
- Persistent absence
- 14.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.3%
White British 44.9%
Other White 11.8%
Mixed 10.2%
Indian 8.2%
Other Asian 5.9%
Unclassified 4.5%
Pakistani 4.3%
Caribbean 2%
Other 2%
African 1.8%
Chinese 1.8%
Gypsy/Roma 1.6%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage-0.8
WritingAverage1.3
MathsAverage-0.3
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 57%
Local authority average 63%
England average 61%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 8%
Local authority average 9%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 105
Local authority average 106
England average 105
Average score in maths
School 104
Local authority average 105
England average 104
Local authority average: Year 2023-2024
National average: Year 2023-2024
Admissions
Highwood Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 60
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 62
- 2nd preference
- 18
- 3rd preference
- 27
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 53
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 28.4 |
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 28.3 |
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 29.1 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 22 13 9 |
Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 16 10 6 |
Reception, Full-time | 59 33 26 |
Year 1 | 58 27 31 |
Year 2 | 53 27 26 |
Year 3 | 59 26 33 |
Year 4 | 58 29 29 |
Year 5 | 58 29 29 |
Year 6 | 58 27 31 |