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Hertfordshire County Council

School

Lanchester Community Free School

Hempstead Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 3HD

Telephone: 01923 224160

Fax:

Email: head@lanchester.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: Karen Armstrong

School type: Primary Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 714

DFE number: 919-2049

Published Admission Number: 60

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 342

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: No

Admission rules for a place to start in September 2024

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Lanchester Community Free School admission rules for 24-25

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

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Lanchester Community Free School admission rules for 23-24

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20222023

Number of places available

60

60

Number of applications made

135

134

Number of places offered

46

37

Places offered under each rule in 2023
Rules (in rule priority order)2023

Education, Health And Care (EHC) Plan

0

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/social

0

Siblings

13

Children Of Staff

1

Nearest School

8

Not Nearest School

11

Non Ranked Allocation

4

Places offered under each rule in 2022
Rules (in rule priority order)2022

Education, Health And Care (EHC) Plan

0

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/social

0

Siblings

17

Children Of Staff

0

Nearest School

11

Not Nearest School

15

Non Ranked Allocation

3

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2023 (in metres)
Rule2023

Nearest school

734.61

Distance

3046.93

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2022 (in metres)
Rule2022

Nearest school

705.02

Distance

1327.6

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, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 6

Updated: 26 March 2024

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 Lanchester Community Free School.

Ofsted report and rating for Lanchester Community Free School.

School officers

In Year Admissions Officer: Melissa Hardy

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