De Havilland Primary School

De Havilland Primary School demonstrates good overall effectiveness following its first inspection under section 5. Pupils enjoy a positive and safe learning environment, where they are encouraged to strive for academic excellence and enriched with a broad curriculum. The school promotes inclusivity, welcoming a diverse student body and supporting those with special educational needs and/or disabilities effectively. The staff and leadership team, backed by the Danes Educational Trust, have implemented significant improvements in curriculum design and teaching practices, fostering high expectations among students.

Strengths

• Pupils appreciate a safe and positive school environment.
• The curriculum is broad and aspirational, starting effectively in early years.
• Strong support systems for pupils with special educational needs.
• A high focus on communication and language development.
• Effective daily phonics lessons contributing to reading fluency.
• Rich extracurricular opportunities that broaden students' horizons.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the curriculum is in early stages of development.
• Inconsistencies in supporting pupils in early stages of reading.

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 De Havilland Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.1% 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, 2.3% of pupils at De Havilland 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 De Havilland Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% 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, 21.2% of pupils at De Havilland Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 2024–25 De Havilland Primary School received £6,852 and spent £6,686 for each of its 438 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £357,000 (£817 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Danes Educational Trust, income was £7,961 and spending £7,847 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Hatfield · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

De Havilland Primary School is part of Danes Educational Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Onslow St Audrey's School Hatfield
• Chancellor's School Hatfield
• Elstree Screen Arts Academy Borehamwood
• Roselands Primary School Hoddesdon
• The Cranbourne Primary School Hoddesdon
• Jupiter Primary School Hemel Hempstead
• Lanchester Primary School Watford
• The John Warner School Hoddesdon
• Ascot Road Primary School Watford
• Croxley Danes School Rickmansworth

What is De Havilland Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for De Havilland Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was De Havilland Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

De Havilland Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does De Havilland Primary School have?

De Havilland Primary School has 425 pupils on roll.

What age range does De Havilland Primary School cover?

De Havilland Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are De Havilland Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is De Havilland Primary School?

De Havilland Primary School is at Travellers Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8TQ.