Birchwood Avenue Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Welwyn HatfieldConstituency

AL10 0PSPostcode

1.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Birchwood Avenue Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 202 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 37%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

61%

Asian

10%

Black

13%

Mixed

12%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

202

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

40%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 202
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
27 Jul 2023	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
23 Apr 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.