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Chessbrook Education Support Centre

Local authority maintained school in Watford WD18 6LJ

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  • School Reference Number: 130349
  • Address: Tolpits Lane, Watford WD18 6LJ
  • Headteacher: Mr Steve McShannon
  • Telephone: 01923 212025
  • Website: chessbrook.herts.sch.uk
  • Type: Local authority maintained schools
  • Sub-Type: Pupil referral unit
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 0
  • Local Education Authority: Hertfordshire
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 5 to 16
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: September 1995*

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 08/05/2014

Rating published on 06/06/2014

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
6 February 2024 18 March 2024 School inspection
10 July 2018 25 September 2018 Short inspection
8 May 2014 6 June 2014 Full inspection Outstanding
16 November 2010 6 December 2010 Full inspection Outstanding
31 January 2008 25 February 2008 Full inspection Good
22 February 2005 6 May 2005 Full inspection

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number130349
Local Authority Code919
Local Authority NameHertfordshire
Establishment Number1105
School / College NameChessbrook Education Support Centre
Establishment Type Code14
Establishment typePupil referral unit
Establishment Type Group Code4
Establishment Type GroupLocal authority maintained schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date01-09-1995
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low5
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code0
Official sixth formNot applicable
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils5
Number of Boys4
Number of Girls1
Percentage Free School Meals40.00
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10016586
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date13-12-2024
StreetTolpits Lane
Locality
Address3
TownWatford
County (name)Hertfordshire
PostcodeWD18 6LJ
Websitewww.chessbrook.herts.sch.uk
Telephone01923212025
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameSteve
Headteacher/Principal last nameMcShannon
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeG
Government Office RegionEast of England
District CodeE07000103
DistrictWatford
Ward CodeE05011048
WardHolywell
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001568
Parliamentary ConstituencyWatford
Urban/Rural CodeA1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
GSS LA CodeE10000015
Easting509751
Northing195586
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Watford 011
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Watford 011G
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN100081287193
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02004978
LSOA CodeE01035580
Free School Meals2
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN130349
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/130349
LAESTAB9191105
School nameChessbrook Education Support Centre
Ofsted phasePRU
Type of educationPupil Referral Unit
School open date01/09/1995
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formNot applicable
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionEast of England
RegionEast of England
Local authorityHertfordshire
Parliamentary constituencyWatford
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeWD18 6LJ
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile3
Total number of pupils5
Statutory lowest age5
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspection10295018
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of the ungraded inspection130349
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspection9191105
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionChessbrook Education Support Centre
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspection2
Date of latest ungraded inspection07/02/2024
Ungraded inspection publication date17/03/2024
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?No
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeSchool remains Outstanding
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspectionITS425403
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date08/05/2014
Publication date06/06/2014
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection130349
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection9191105
School name at time of latest graded inspectionChessbrook Education Support Centre
School type at time of latest graded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessOutstanding
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Safeguarding is effective?N/A
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS360130
Previous inspection start date16/11/2010
Previous publication date06/12/2010
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection130349
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection9191105
School name at time of previous graded inspectionChessbrook Education Support Centre
School type at time of previous graded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness1
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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