The Reddings Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bennetts End Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8DX – View on map
- Phone: 01442406500
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kerrie Haswell
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 15 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 6 · 2024 7 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 60
- % eligible for free school meals: 30.8%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Dacorum average)
- English as an additional language: 33% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.2% a year (Dacorum 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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.
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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 33.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Other difficulty or disability: 27 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the Dacorum average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 60% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 104
- 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: 32nd of 48 junior and primary schools in the area
- #30Potten End CofE Primary School59%
- #31St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy58%
- #32The Reddings Primary School57%
- =33Broadfield Academy53%
- =33Holtsmere End Junior School53%
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30th of 34 primary schools in Dacorum for Ofsted rating
- #28St Mary's CofE Primary School, NorthchurchGood
- #29St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ChipperfieldGood
- #30The Reddings Primary SchoolGood
- #31Tudor Primary SchoolGood
- #32Yewtree Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,608 (2024-25)
10th of 44 primary schools in Dacorum for spending per pupil
- #8Lime Walk Primary School£7,800
- #9Flamstead Village School£7,695
- #10The Reddings Primary School£7,608
- #11Micklem Primary School£7,596
- #12Chambersbury Primary School£7,388
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