Birchwood Nursery School

State-Funded School

birchwood-nursery-school-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Welwyn HatfieldConstituency

AL10 0PDPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Birchwood Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 173 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

64%

Asian

Black

12%

Mixed

14%

Chinese

Unclassified

Pupils

173

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 173
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
27 Mar 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
5 May 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.