Schools and Education in Letchworth Garden City

There are 28 schools in Letchworth Garden City (excluding independent schools), including 21 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, and none serving sixth-form education. Letchworth Garden City has no schools with Pupil Referral Unit places, and none with places for teen mothers. There are no schools in Letchworth Garden City under Special Measures.

Primary Schools Secondary Schools

Letchworth Garden City Education Profile

The median school in Letchworth Garden City has 22% of its pupils entitled to free schools meals, the 8th highest figure in Hertfordshire. This represents about 2,000 pupils, or approximately 1 in 4 of Letchworth Garden City's pupils. Looking at the number of pupils per teacher, the median ratio for Letchworth Garden City is 19.64 school children per full-time equivalent teacher. This is the 45th lowest ratio in Hertfordshire, and the 305th lowest pupil/teacher ratio in the East of England region of the UK.

Primaries

21

4.76% Outstanding • 71% Good

Secondaries

3

0% Outstanding • 100% Good

Primary Schools in Letchworth Garden City

Most of Letchworth Garden City's primary schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 15 schools or 71% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between good and very low - about 29% and 19% of primary schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 33% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Letchworth Garden City's primary schools most commonly have a low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted KS2 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Fairfield Park Lower School 3–9 yrs 600
Outstanding
High
Garden City Academy 3–11 yrs 210
Good
Very high
Low
Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School 4–11 yrs 420
Good
Good
Very high
Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School 3–11 yrs 450
Good
Low
High
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery 3–7 yrs 180
Good
Low
Ickleford Primary School 4–11 yrs 210
Good
Good
Good
Church of England
Icknield Infant and Nursery School 3–7 yrs 342
Requires improvement
Low
Lordship Farm Primary School 3–11 yrs 450
Good
Good
Good
Northfields Infants and Nursery School 3–7 yrs 180
Good
Low
Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School 3–11 yrs 210
Good
Good
Very high
Church of England
Pixmore Junior School 7–11 yrs 240
Good
Good
High
Purwell Primary School 3–11 yrs 243
Requires improvement
Low
Good
Roecroft Lower School 5–9 yrs 450
Requires improvement
Good
St John Roman Catholic Primary School 3–11 yrs 210
Good
Very low
Low
Roman Catholic
St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold 5–9 yrs 300
Good
Very high
Church of England
St Mary's Infants' School 4–7 yrs 180
Requires improvement
Low
Church of England
St Mary's Junior Mixed School 7–11 yrs 240
Good
Very low
Good
Church of England
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School 3–11 yrs 240
Good
Low
Very high
Roman Catholic
Stonehill School 3–11 yrs 240
Good
Good
Low
The Grange Academy 7–11 yrs 240
Good
Very low
High
Wilbury Junior School 7–11 yrs 351
Requires improvement
Very low
Good

Letchworth Garden City Secondary Schools

Most of Letchworth Garden City's secondary schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 3 schools or 100% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between low and good - about 33% and 33% of secondary schools respectively. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Letchworth Garden City's secondary schools most commonly have a very low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted P8 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Fearnhill School 11–18 yrs 1,055
Good
Low
Very low
The Highfield School 11–18 yrs 1,068
Good
Good
Low
The Knights Templar School 11–18 yrs 1,330
Good
High
Good
Last updated: 07 Aug 2023