Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School

Primary · Hemel Hempstead · HP1 3BT

Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 9 February 2026

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At a glance

80 pupils · 73% of 110 capacity

School type: Voluntary aided school
Age range: 3–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 16.5% of pupils
English as additional language: 7.9% of pupils
SEN support: 9.2% of pupils
EHC plan: 0% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: www.greatgaddesden.herts.sch.uk/
URN: 117433

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.57 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 4 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

83%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

111

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

108

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

4.7%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

17.4%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

15.6

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£9,190

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

13 January 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)
8 March 2016: Good (graded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Potten End CofE Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.6 mi
Gaddesden Row JMI SchoolGood · Primary · 1.7 mi
Galley Hill Primary School and NurseryNot yet graded · Primary · 2.0 mi
John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolNot yet graded · Secondary · 2.2 mi
Micklem Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.4 mi
St Cuthbert Mayne Voluntary Catholic Junior AcademyNot yet graded · Primary · 2.4 mi
Gade Valley Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.5 mi
Aycliffe Drive Primary SchoolNo current grade · Primary · 2.5 mi

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