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Oakleaf Primary

Primary Ages 3-11 187 pupils Hemel Hempstead

Oakleaf Primary is an academy sponsor led in Hemel Hempstead for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 187 pupils on roll. In 2025, 24% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Teacher turnover is high, with about 55% of its teachers gone within a year (in 2024/25; nationally, 16%). Absence is higher than at most other primary schools, with 7.9% of sessions missed in 2024/25 against 5.2% nationally, and 24% of pupils were persistently absent.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Unknown
Address School Row
Chaulden
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP1 2JU
Phone 01442503449
Reference Number 151385

General Makeup

Number of pupils 187
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.59%
Girls: 52.41%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 31.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 21.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 20
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 15 23
2 9 8 17
3 18 14 32
4 16 16 32
5 11 16 27
6 16 16 32

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 61%
White, Other 11.8%
Mixed, Other 5.3%
White & Asian 4.3%
African 4.3%
Indian 3.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.7%
Asian, Other 2.1%
Unclassified 1.6%
White & Black (African) 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 24%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 100
Maths 97

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 15 1
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Oakleaf Primary had 211 pupils for 390 places. 179 places (45.9%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Hemel Hempstead West Primary” planning area

Hertfordshire counted 201 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 201 in 2029–30, down 0%.

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 Oakleaf Primary attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.8%
Unauthorised absence 3.1%
Severely absent pupils 3.9%

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, 4.0% of pupils at Oakleaf Primary were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 9.8
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Oakleaf Primary had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 55.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 7.88.2
Teachers who left state teaching 14.9%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 47.1%–
Sick days per teacher 8.6–

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, 24.6% of pupils at Oakleaf Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 15 2
Specific learning difficulty 9 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 5 3
Moderate learning difficulty 6 1
Speech, language and communication needs 7 0
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 2
Hearing impairment 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Oakleaf Primary received £9,099 and spent £8,871 for each of its 222 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £237,000 (£1,068 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Scholars' Education Trust, income was £7,571 and spending £7,610 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £237,000
per pupil £1,068
In-year balance £51,000
per pupil £228

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.

Name Distance
Pixies Hill Primary School
Hazeldell Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 2BY
0.18 miles
St Rose's Catholic Infant School
Green End Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1QW
0.39 miles
Micklem Primary School
Boxted Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 2QH
0.52 miles
Boxmoor Primary School
Cowper Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1PF
0.56 miles
Heath Lane Nursery School
Heath Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TT
0.91 miles
South Hill Primary School
Heath Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1TT
0.91 miles
Gade Valley Primary School
Gadebridge Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 3DT
0.94 miles
St Cuthbert Mayne Voluntary Catholic Junior Academy
Clover Way, Gadebridge Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 3EA
0.94 miles
Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery
Galley Hill, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 3JY
0.98 miles
George Street Primary School
George Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 5HJ
1.47 miles
Tudor Primary School
Redwood Drive, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 9ER
1.59 miles
Two Waters Primary School
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1.71 miles
Broadfield Academy
Windmill Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4BX
1.76 miles
Potten End CofE Primary School
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1.78 miles
Lime Walk Primary School
Lime Walk, Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 9LN
1.95 miles
Yewtree Primary School
Fletcher Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 5QR
1.96 miles
The Reddings Primary School
Bennetts End Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 8DX
2.11 miles
Jupiter Primary School
Jupiter Drive, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 5NT
2.13 miles
Belswains Primary School
Barnfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 9QJ
2.14 miles
Hobletts Manor Junior School
Adeyfield Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 5JS
2.19 miles
Name Distance
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hollybush Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 2PH
0.58 miles
Lockers Park School
Lockers Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TL
0.8 miles
Laureate Academy
Warners End Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3DW
0.84 miles
The Hemel Hempstead School
Heath Lane, The Hemel Hempstead School, Heath Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1TX
0.9 miles
The Collett School
Lockers Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1TQ
0.92 miles
Westbrook Hay
1.09 miles
Felden Hall School
Longcroft Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 0BN
1.29 miles
The Adeyfield Academy
Longlands, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4DE
2.18 miles
Redbourn Park School
Grovehill Youth Centre, Stevenage Rise, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 6BH
2.43 miles
Longdean School
Rumballs Rd, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 8JB
2.51 miles
Berkhamsted School
Overton House, Berkhamsted, HP4 2DJ
2.75 miles
Ashlyns School
Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3AH
2.76 miles
Woodfield School
Malmes Croft, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 8RL
2.79 miles
The Astley Cooper School
St Agnell's Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7HL
2.81 miles
Abbot's Hill School
Bunkers Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RP
2.85 miles
Kings Langley School
Love Lane, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, WD4 9HN
2.89 miles
Egerton-Rothesay School
Durrants Lane, Berkhamsted, HP4 3UJ
3.88 miles
Breakspeare School
Gallows Hill Lane, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, WD5 0BU
4.71 miles

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Oakleaf Primary is part of Scholars' Education Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Oakleaf Primary have?

Oakleaf Primary has 187 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oakleaf Primary cover?

Oakleaf Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Oakleaf Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 24% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oakleaf Primary?

Oakleaf Primary is at School Row, Chaulden, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 2JU.

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