Aycliffe Drive Primary School

Community school·Primary school Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire·HP2 6LJ
Composite score
41.3
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#10,472
National rank
#1137
In East of England
#267
In Hertfordshire
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
51%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
42 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
78
any preference, for 45 places
Last place offered lived
1.87 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 3003 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.18
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120221.0720230.9120240.7620250.932026

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
334
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
30.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,733
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Aycliffe Drive Primary School

Aycliffe Drive Primary School is a primary school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 334 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 51% 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 1.0 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 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Aycliffe Drive Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 45 Reception places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.87 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 7.8%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. Aycliffe Drive 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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