Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School
General Information
- Address: Watkins Rise, Potters Bar, EN6 1QB – View on map
- Phone: 01707652882
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Tracey Webster
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 32 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 75% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 16 · 2024 13 · 2025 16 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 40
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.8%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Hertsmere average)
- English as an additional language: 40% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.3% a year (Hertsmere 18.6%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 21% moved to another school, 79% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Hertfordshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 33 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 13 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Hertfordshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Hertsmere average (64%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 73% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 30 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 12th of 28 junior and primary schools in the area
- =10Fair Field Junior School73%
- =10Hartsbourne Primary School73%
- #12Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School70%
- =13Bushey Manor Junior School68%
- =13Clore Shalom School68%
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9th of 20 primary schools in Hertsmere for Ofsted rating
- #7Highwood Primary SchoolGood
- #8Kenilworth Primary SchoolGood
- #9Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolGood
- #10Little Reddings Primary SchoolGood
- #11Meryfield Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,803 (2024-25)
17th of 25 primary schools in Hertsmere for spending per pupil
- #15Little Reddings Primary School£6,824
- #16Bushey Heath Primary School£6,815
- #17Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School£6,803
- #18Cowley Hill School£6,659
- #19Hertsmere Jewish Primary School£6,545
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