Woodfield School
Malmes Croft, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kate Marrs-Gant
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 125
- URN
- 117682
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01442253476
About this school
Woodfield School is a community special school in Hemel Hempstead. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 125 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -13.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -11.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -13.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 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 Woodfield 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 | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 124 |
| 2023/24 | 128 |
| 2024/25 | 125 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.19%
- English as an additional language
- 16%
- Overall absence
- 12.63%
- Persistent absence
- 35.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dacorum Education Support Centre0.8 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Hemel Hempstead
-
Abbot's Hill School1.2 miles
Independent schools · Hemel Hempstead
-
Lockers Park School2.1 miles
Independent schools · Hemel Hempstead
-
Haywood Grove School2.1 miles
Special schools · Hemel Hempstead
-
The Collett School2.1 miles
Special schools · Hemel Hempstead
Other schools in Hemel Hempstead
- Dacorum Education Support Centre Local authority maintained schools
- Felden Hall School Special schools
- Haywood Grove School Special schools
- Redbourn Park School Special schools
- Roman Fields Academy Academies
- The Collett School Special schools
- Heath Lane Nursery School Nursery
- Aycliffe Drive Primary School Primary
- Belswains Primary School Primary
- Bovingdon Primary Academy Primary
- Boxmoor Primary School Primary
- Broadfield Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodfield School teach?
- Woodfield School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Hemel Hempstead.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodfield School?
- The headteacher of Woodfield School is Mrs Kate Marrs-Gant, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodfield School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodfield 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 Woodfield School?
- Woodfield School has 125 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Woodfield School full?
- Woodfield School has capacity for 120 pupils and 125 on roll (104%), so it is at or above 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 Woodfield School a faith school?
- No. Woodfield School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Woodfield School have?
- The schools register lists Woodfield School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Woodfield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Woodfield School's absence rate?
- Woodfield School's overall absence rate is 12.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodfield 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.