North Herts Education Support Centre, Letchworth Garden City
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school is remarkable at turning around the lives of pupils who have struggled in mainstream education. Staff are exceptionally skilled at helping young people re-engage with learning and achieve GCSEs and vocational qualifications they thought were out of reach. Pupils leave with restored confidence, improved behaviour, and clear pathways to college, employment or successful return to mainstream school.
Key Strengths
- Expertly transforms the lives of excluded and disaffected pupils, helping them thrive and achieve exceptionally well from their starting points
- Ambitious, carefully crafted curriculum with strong subject knowledge teaching that adapts to each pupil's needs
- Highly effective at improving school attendance and getting pupils to sustain participation in learning
- Expert support for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, with rapid identification and addressing of additional needs
- Excellent personal development programme including work experience, careers guidance, and mentoring that builds resilience and self-confidence
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with leaders creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Golf, boxing, work experience, visiting local businesses, meeting MP, trips to London and the beach, vocational qualifications in food technology, construction, hair and beauty and sport
North Herts Education Support Centre is a pupil referral unit that serves students aged 5-16 who have been permanently excluded from school or are at risk of exclusion. The school significantly transforms pupils' lives by resetting their school careers and helping them re-engage positively with learning.
At a Glance
50.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
13 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Letchworth Garden City
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Admissions Demand - Hertfordshire
Places available
15,354
Applications
13,699
Got 1st preference
75.8%
Got preferred school
94.7%
Secondary admissions across Hertfordshire (2025/26)
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
North Herts Education Support Centre
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School
Highover Primary School
Icknield Infant and Nursery School
Lordship Farm Primary School
Pixmore Junior School
Wilbury Junior School
Purwell Primary School
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery
Garden City Academy
Mary Exton Primary School
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