Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery SchoolHomerswood Primary and Nursery School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Welwyn Garden City.

Summary of the comparison

Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School and Homerswood Primary and Nursery School are primary schools in Welwyn Garden City.

  • Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Homerswood Primary and Nursery School scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School was judged Good and Homerswood Primary and Nursery School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 55.0% for Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School and 62.0% for Homerswood Primary and Nursery School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (63.0% in 2022-23, 55.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Homerswood Primary and Nursery School (67.0% in 2022-23, 62.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School versus Homerswood Primary and Nursery School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Welwyn Garden CityHarwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery SchoolWelwyn Garden CityHomerswood Primary and Nursery SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureD49/100
Local ranking190th of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure262nd of 391 in Hertfordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll181 213
Capacity240 236
LocationWelwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7RF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard55.0% 62.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 10.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census181 213
Free school meals (ever 6)29.0% 25.1%
English as an additional language13.8% 20.7%
SEN support12.2% 9.9%
SEN with an EHC plan1.7% 6.1%
Attendance
Overall absence5.9% 5.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence17.6% 13.0% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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.

Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

Homerswood Primary and Nursery School

Full profiles: Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School · Homerswood Primary and Nursery School