Laurance Haines School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Watford, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.36 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Laurance Haines School is a primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Laurance Haines 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 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.23 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place as a child for whom it is the nearest school lived 0.36 miles away, further than in 2025 and in 2015.
- Reception 2026 had 64 first-choice applications for 60 offers, with 54 offers going to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 24.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
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
- Vicarage Road, Watford, WD18 0DD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 463 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Laurance Haines come to school each day ready to learn.”
- “Pupils enjoy the calm start to their morning.”
- “This helps them to prepare to focus on their learning and do their best.”
To improve
- “However, in some phonics lessons, opportunities to practise and rehearse sounds are not maximised.”
- “In these lessons, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “On occasion, teachers’ explanations do not precisely meet pupils’ needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 2025 (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) | 70% | 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: 64 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- Willow Tree Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chater Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Chater Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Field Junior School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ascot Road Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bromet Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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