Batchwood School
Community special school · Ages 11–16 · St Albans, Hertfordshire
Batchwood School is a special school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 11–16.
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Key facts
- Address
- Townsend Drive, St Albans, AL3 5RP
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 111 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 4.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Staff expertly support pupils to re-engage successfully with learning.”
- “Pupils appreciate how well staff reduce their anxieties, understand their individual needs and care about them.”
- “Pupils have positive relationships with adults.”
To improve
- “However, some aspects of the curriculum design lack ambition or do not meet pupils' needs precisely enough.”
- “Some subjects do not clearly map out how knowledge builds over time and to what depth.”
- “This hinders how highly pupils could achieve.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 9% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 11.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
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