Micklem Primary School

Community school·Primary school Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire·HP1 2QH
Composite score
33.8
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#12,644
National rank
#1399
In East of England
#297
In Hertfordshire
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 28 places
Last place offered lived
1.61 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2586 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320220.8620231.0020240.9020250.792026

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 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
219
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,596
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Micklem Primary School at a glance

Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Micklem Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 219 pupils aged 3 to 11. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 12.0 percentage points year on 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 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Micklem Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.61 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 7.0%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Micklem Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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