Dacorum Education Support Centre
Special / other · Hemel Hempstead · HP2 4HS
Outstanding
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 25 May 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
11 pupils
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 5–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 45.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 83.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- Website
- www.desc.herts.sch.uk
- URN
- 131100
Staffing
Pupils per qualified teacher
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector
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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 24 May 2023: School remains Outstanding
- 14 September 2016: Yes - improving (outstanding)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.