St Elizabeth's School
South End, Much Hadham, SG10 6EW
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Mrs Lisa Tooley
- Religious ethos
- Roman Catholic
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 64
- URN
- 117665
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01279844270
About this school
St Elizabeth's School is a special school in Much Hadham. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 64 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 11 October 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Elizabeth's School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 44 |
| 2024/25 | 66 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 43.18%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.67%
- Persistent absence
- 36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Elizabeth's Centre0.0 miles
Other types · Hertfordshire
-
Bishop's Stortford College3.8 miles
Independent schools · Bishop's Stortford
-
White Trees Independent School3.9 miles
Special schools
-
Howe Green House School4.4 miles
Independent schools · Bishop's Stortford
-
Saint Nicholas School4.4 miles
Independent schools · Essex
Other schools in Much Hadham
Common questions
- What year groups does St Elizabeth's School teach?
- St Elizabeth's School teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Much Hadham.
- Who is the head of school of St Elizabeth's School?
- The head of school of St Elizabeth's School is Mrs Lisa Tooley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Elizabeth's School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Elizabeth's School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St Elizabeth's School?
- St Elizabeth's School has 64 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is St Elizabeth's School full?
- St Elizabeth's School has capacity for 80 pupils and 64 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Elizabeth's School a faith school?
- No. St Elizabeth's School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does St Elizabeth's School have?
- The schools register lists St Elizabeth's School's special educational needs provision as: OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is St Elizabeth's School's absence rate?
- St Elizabeth's School's overall absence rate is 10.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Elizabeth's School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Elizabeth's School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.