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Hertfordshire County Council

School

Lanchester Community Free School

Hempstead Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 3HD

Telephone: 01923 224160

Email: inclusion@lanchester.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: Matt Morey

School type: Primary Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 714

DFE number: 919-2049

Published Admission Number: 30

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 334

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 Lanchester 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

30

Number of applications made

113

124

Number of places offered

36

30

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

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

1

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Siblings

16

Children Of Staff

0

Nearest School

13

Not Nearest School

0

Non Ranked Allocation

0

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

Siblings

11

Children Of Staff

0

Nearest School

7

Not Nearest School

17

Non Ranked Allocation

0

Distance of the furthest child admitted

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

Nearest school

604.97

Distance

None

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

Nearest school

593.49

Distance

1249.11

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)

No vacancies exist at this school at present.

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 Lanchester Community Free School.

Ofsted report and rating for Lanchester Community Free School.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Tara Cretten

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