Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School, Hitchin

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school places pupils' personal development at the centre of its work."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, the school prepares pupils well for their next stage of education."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend school very well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school has designed a broad and balanced curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school accurately identifies pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and pupils who face other barriers to learning, such as low self-esteem."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders make sure that their decisions are focused on improving pupils' education."

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders have developed many aspects of the early years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Staff need to use accurate assessment consistently to refine the early years curriculum and teaching, so that gaps in children's learning are identified swiftly and addressed effectively, particularly in writing"; "Leaders should ensure that the early years curriculum and teaching place a sharper and more consistent emphasis on high quality interactions that systematically develop children's vocabulary, so that all children acquire and use a wider range of words confidently"; "Greater consistency is needed in the implementation of the phonics programme by all staff, so that pupils keep up with their learning and the need for additional catch-up support is reduced".

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (78% in reading, 61% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 9 families put Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School as their first choice and 17 named it as one of their preferences, for 9 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School are St Paul's Walden Primary School (1.8 miles, Good, 86% reading, 71% maths); Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School (1.9 miles, Requires improvement, 78% reading, 67% maths); Wigmore Primary (2 miles, Good, 78% reading, 63% maths); and Preston Primary School (2.3 miles, Good, 64% reading, 55% maths).

Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

16.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 17 pupils (20.2%) received SEN support and 2 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Luton Airport DART Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chapel Road (w-bound), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 4 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, other theft and other crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.