Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School

Community school·Primary school Hitchin, Hertfordshire·SG4 8NP
Composite score
37.1
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#11,811
National rank
#1286
In East of England
#283
In Hertfordshire
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 9 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
17
any preference, for 9 places
Last place offered lived
2.17 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 3495 m
Applications from another council area
41%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
80
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,567
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School

Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School is a primary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 80 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 9 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.17 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 13.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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