Heathlands School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- St Albans, AL3 5AY
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Batchwood School
Townsend Drive, St Albans, AL3 5RP
Ofsted: Expected
Independent
Phase
101
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 11.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 8.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 17.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 23
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 47.0%
- Continued in education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 47.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 111
- Boys
- 71 (64%)
- Girls
- 40 (36%)
- Capacity
- 101 (110% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.0%
- EAL
- 0.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 4.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £26,572/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 25.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 56.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Black Caribbean: 0.9%
87.4%
White British
2.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
2.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Townsend Drive
St Albans, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117674
- UKPRN
- 10000566
- Establishment No.
- 7016
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