Pixies Hill Primary School

Pixies Hill Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in most areas of its operation, with exceptional provision for personal development. The school offers a broad and rich curriculum that successfully engages pupils and prepares them well for future educational stages. The positive relationships within the school foster a happy atmosphere where pupils feel safe and valued, contributing to their effective learning and development. Parents express high levels of satisfaction with the school's leadership and the care provided for their children.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well and are well-prepared for the next stage of their education.
• Pupils demonstrate strong values such as kindness and respect.
• The curriculum is thoughtfully constructed and engaging across all subjects.
• Exceptional provision for personal development through a values curriculum.
• Effective approaches to teaching phonics and reading, leading to confident readers.
• Strong support for pupils at risk of falling behind in reading.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have not developed their handwriting, spelling, and punctuation accurately, impacting their writing fluency.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Pixies Hill Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at Pixies Hill Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Pixies Hill Primary School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.2% of pupils at Pixies Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Pixies Hill Primary School received £6,614 and spent £6,575 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £81,000 (£389 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Pixies Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pixies Hill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Pixies Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Pixies Hill Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Pixies Hill Primary School have?

Pixies Hill Primary School has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pixies Hill Primary School cover?

Pixies Hill Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Pixies Hill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pixies Hill Primary School?

Pixies Hill Primary School is at Hazeldell Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 2BY.