Brookmans Park Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Hatfield, Hertfordshire·AL9 7QY
Composite score
65.2
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#2,587
National rank
#276
In East of England
#89
In Hertfordshire
Top 18%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
46 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
1.02
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Brookmans Park Primary School yet. Hertfordshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
349
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,093
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Brookmans Park Primary School at a glance

Located in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Brookmans Park Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 349 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 94% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (46 first choices for 45 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Brookmans Park 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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