Voluntary aided school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 2TP · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 143648
Harpenden Academy
Free schools · Harpenden · AL5 4EL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
216
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (primary), Ages 4–11, in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, 216 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 5.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143648
Location
- Address
- 25 Vaughan Road
- Postcode
- AL5 4EL
- Town
- Harpenden
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 216
- Boys / girls
- 97 / 119
- Free school meals
- 5.1%
- FSM pupils
- 11
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Governance
- Academy trust: SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Scholars' Education Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Davies
- Telephone
- 01582716910
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Improved significantly
Inspection date
2025-03-09
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 79%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 27%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
4.2%
Persistent absence
10.0%
Unauthorised
0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 190
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 4.7% · Persistent 6.5%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.8% · Persistent 11.4%