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Hertfordshire County Council

School

Hatfield Community Free School

Briars Lane
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 8ES

Telephone: 01707 276018

Email: office@hcfs.org.uk

Head teacher: Victoria Hobson

School type: Primary Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 586

DFE number: 919-2004

Published Admission Number: 60

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 418

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: No

Admission rules if you want a place at the school to start now

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Hatfield Community Free School admission rules for 25-26

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20242025

Number of places available

60

60

Number of applications made

180

151

Number of places offered

60

60

Places offered under each rule in 2025
Rules (in rule priority order)2025

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

2

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/social

0

Siblings

11

Children Of Staff

0

Nearest School

24

Distance

18

Non Ranked Allocation

5

Places offered under each rule in 2024
Rules (in rule priority order)2024

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

0

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/social

0

Siblings

24

Children Of Staff

0

Nearest School

26

Distance

10

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2025 (in metres)
Rule2025

Nearest school

960.23

Distance

None

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2024 (in metres)
Rule2024

Nearest school

861.3

Distance

None

Use our 'Find Your Nearest School' system to identify the "nearest" school to your child's home address, in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council's admission arrangements.

Vacancies (for in year applications)

Yes - there are vacancies in Reception

Updated: 31 August 2025

Vacancy information is only relevant to in year applications.

Schools aim to update their vacancy information every 2 weeks.

Treat this information as a guide only – the situation can change on a daily basis.

Performance and Ofsted

Performance table for Hatfield Community Free School.

Ofsted report and rating for Hatfield Community Free School.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Kyle Hay

In Year Admissions Officer: Tara Cretten

Local Authority Attendance Officer: Louiza Demetriou

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