North Herts Education Support Centre
Briar Patch Lane, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Dan Nearney
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 4
- URN
- 130344
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01462487207
About this school
North Herts Education Support Centre is a special school in Letchworth Garden City. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 4 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How North Herts Education Support Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 0 |
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)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Francis College0.5 miles
Independent schools · Letchworth Garden City
-
St Christopher School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Letchworth Garden City
-
Woolgrove School, Special Needs Academy1.7 miles
Academies · Letchworth Garden City
-
Kingshott School2.2 miles
Independent schools · Hitchin
-
Brandles School2.4 miles
Academies · Baldock
Other schools in Letchworth Garden City
- Woolgrove School, Special Needs Academy Academies
- Garden City Academy Primary
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Lordship Farm Primary School Primary
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School Primary
- Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School Primary
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stonehill School Primary
- The Grange Academy Primary
- Wilbury Junior School Primary
- The Highfield School Secondary
- St Christopher School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does North Herts Education Support Centre teach?
- North Herts Education Support Centre teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Letchworth Garden City.
- Who is the headteacher of North Herts Education Support Centre?
- The headteacher of North Herts Education Support Centre is Mr Dan Nearney, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was North Herts Education Support Centre last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected North Herts Education Support Centre, 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 North Herts Education Support Centre?
- North Herts Education Support Centre has 4 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is North Herts Education Support Centre a faith school?
- No. North Herts Education Support Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does North Herts Education Support Centre publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for North Herts Education Support Centre. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.