Batchwood SchoolHeathlands School
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in St Albans.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Batchwood School and Heathlands School in St Albans.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Batchwood School was judged the expected standard and Heathlands School was judged Outstanding.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 11.8 for Batchwood School and 6.4 for Heathlands School.
GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Batchwood School (10.3 in 2021-22, 11.8 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Heathlands School (13.8 in 2021-22, 6.4 in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | St AlbansBatchwood School | St AlbansHeathlands School | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Expected | Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure | |
| School type | Community special school | Community special school | |
| Age range | 11-16 | 3-18 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 111 | 150 | |
| Capacity | 101 | Not reported | |
| Location | St Albans, AL3 5RP | St Albans, AL3 5AY | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 11.8 Stronger figure | 6.4 | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 8.7% Stronger figure | 0.0% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 17.4% Stronger figure | 0.0% | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.78 Stronger figure | 0.47 | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 23 | 18 | |
| Key Stage 2 (SATs) | |||
| Reading, writing & maths at expected standard | Not reported | 0.0% | 62.0% |
| At higher standard | Not reported | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Reading average scaled score | Not reported | 93.0 | 106.0 |
| Maths average scaled score | Not reported | 99.0 | 105.0 |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 111 | 153 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 54.0% | 41.0% | |
| English as an additional language | 0.9% | 87.6% | |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 1.3% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 100.0% | 98.7% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | 25.1% | 7.9% Stronger figure | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | 56.8% | 17.6% Stronger figure | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
GCSE Attainment 8
GCSE Progress 8
Overall absence
Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Batchwood School
Heathlands School
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