Birchwood Avenue Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.35 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Birchwood Avenue Primary School is a primary school in Hatfield, Hertfordshire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Birchwood Avenue Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.29 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, among children for whom it is the nearest school, the last Reception child offered a place lived 0.35 miles away, further than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Birchwood Avenue, Hatfield, AL10 0PS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils consider school to be their ‘happy place’.”
- “Pupils are clear that if they have any problems or concerns, they can share these with staff.”
- “They appreciate the time and effort staff put into helping them.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, in subjects where the curriculum changes are more recent, teachers have not fully developed the subject knowledge they need to teach.”
- “As a result, they do not always explain content as clearly as they should.”
- “In these cases, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 38% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 24 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
- Countess Anne Church of England School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Green Lanes Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Ryde School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hatfield Community Free School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Howe Dell Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oak View Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- De Havilland Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
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