Academy converter · Primary
Watford · WD18 6LL · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 143603
Laurance Haines School
Academy converter · Watford · WD18 0DD
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
463
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Watford, Hertfordshire, 463 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 16.6%.
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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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143603
Location
- Address
- Vicarage Road
- Postcode
- WD18 0DD
- Town
- Watford
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Watford
- Constituency
- Watford
- 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
- 463
- Boys / girls
- 225 / 238
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 463 / 420 (110%)
- Free school meals
- 16.6%
- FSM pupils
- 72
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: INCLUSIVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- INCLUSIVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Ball
- Telephone
- 01923233146
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
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-04-02
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)
- 66%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0