# Birchwood Avenue Primary School

Birchwood Avenue Primary School is a primary school in Welwyn Hatfield, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 202 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E132105. [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 202
- Council: Welwyn Hatfield
- URN: 132105

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), June 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 6 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 38% of pupils at Birchwood Avenue Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Birchwood Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchwood-nursery-school-e117069): 90 m. Nursery. Outstanding (overall), February 2024
- [Countess Anne Church of England School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/countess-anne-church-of-england-school-e140238): 700 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Green Lanes Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/green-lanes-primary-school-e117105): 930 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Ryde School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ryde-school-e117313): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Onslow St Audrey's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/onslow-st-audreys-school-e147535): 1.1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), December 2023. Attainment 8 of 36.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Hatfield Community Free School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hatfield-community-free-school-e138201): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/132105)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/132105)

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