Birchwood Nursery School
Birchway, Crawford Road, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 0PD ·
At a glance
A state nursery school for ages 2–5 in Hatfield. Rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection (February 2024).
- Ages
- 2–5
- Pupils
- 173
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Headteacher
- Mrs Margaret Stocks
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Nursery schools don't sit national tests.
Admissions
Demand for places and how places are allocated
No school-level applications data is published for this school. It may admit pupils at a different age, or be a special or post-16 provider.
Catchment area
We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.
Last distance offered
Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.
Pupils
School census 2024/25
- Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)0%
- English as an additional language24.7%
- SEN support14.9%
- Education, Health and Care plan2.3%
- The black tick shows the median for state-funded nursery schools in England.