Academy sponsor led · Primary
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 2JU · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- FSM31.5%
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 117202
Chaulden Infants' and Nursery
Community school · Hemel Hempstead · HP1 2JU
Ages 3–7 · 126 pupils · Hertfordshire
Overall absence
7.1%
Admissions demand
0.92 · Balanced demand
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.0%
Unauthorised2.0%
- Authorised absence
- 5.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 100
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2023/24 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.92 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
12
Places offered
19
1st-preference offers
12
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 40
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 13
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill84%
126 pupils · 150 places
- Pupils on roll
- 126
- Boys / girls
- 67 / 59
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 126 / 150 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 32.1%
- FSM pupils
- 36
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alex Lindley
Location
- Address
- School Row, Chaulden
- Postcode
- HP1 2JU
- Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–7, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, 126 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 32.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Pixies Hill Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 2BY · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS270%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM12.9%
- Demand1.40
0.2 miles away
St Rose's Catholic Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1QW · Hertfordshire
Ages 2–7
- FSM8.6%
0.4 miles away
Micklem Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 2QH · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS240%
- Absence7.0%
- FSM37.4%
- Demand1.00
0.5 miles away
Boxmoor Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1PF · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS257%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM4.4%
- Demand1.60
0.6 miles away
South Hill Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1TT · Hertfordshire
Ages 5–11
- KS259%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM23.0%
- Demand1.20
0.9 miles away
Gade Valley Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 3DT · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM14.4%
- Demand1.59
1.0 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 3EA · Hertfordshire
Ages 7–11
- FSM10.5%
1.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alex Lindley