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Hertfordshire County Council

School

Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy

Fishponds Road
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG5 1NS

Telephone: 01462 459215

Email: admin@wilshere-dacreacademy.org

Head teacher: Sarah Smith

School type: Junior Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 55

DFE number: 919-2038

Published Admission Number: 60

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 267

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: No

Admission rules for a place to start in September 2025

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy admission rules for 25-26

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

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy admission rules for 24-25

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20232024

Number of places available

60

60

Number of applications made

76

62

Number of places offered

60

55

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

1

Siblings

16

Linked Infant School

36

Children Of Staff

0

Distance

2

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

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

2

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Children Previously Looked After From Abroad

0

Siblings

24

Linked Infant School

34

Children Of Staff

0

Distance

0

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Please view the Allocation Summary Report(s) for further information about distance allocations.

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 Year 3 and Year 6

Updated: 3 December 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 Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy.

Ofsted report and rating for Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Jacqueline Harvey

In Year Admissions Officer: Joanne Lee

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