Howe Green House School
Howe Green House School is an independent school in Bishop's Stortford for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 130 pupils and room for 189.
Howe Green, Great Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7UF01279 657706howegreenhouse.orgMrs Anna Lipani headmistressAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Essex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 130 | 142 | 168 | 173 | 175 | 175 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 16% | 14% | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Church of England | 0.9 miles | 119 | Not inspected | 39 | Compare |
| Thorn Grove Primary School | Council | 1.4 miles | 223 | Not inspected | 36 | Compare |
| Thorley Hill Primary School | Council | 1.5 miles | 228 | Good 2024 | 94 | Compare |
| The Bishop's Stortford High School | Foundation | 1.6 miles | 1,279 | Outstanding 2023 | 87 | Compare |
| The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College | Academy | 1.7 miles | 1,508 | Outstanding 2023 | 90 | Compare |
| Spellbrook CofE Primary School | Church of England | 1.7 miles | 105 | Report card 2026 | 26 | Compare |
| Richard Whittington Primary School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 273 | Good 2019 | 97 | Compare |
| TLC Live Online School | Online provider | 1.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Howe Green House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Howe Green House School yet.
How many pupils does Howe Green House School have?
130 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 189 places, so it is 69% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Howe Green, Great Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7UF
- Telephone
- 01279 657706
- Website
- www.howegreenhouse.org
- Headmistress
- Mrs Anna Lipani
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Broad Oak & the Hallingburys
- Constituency
- Harlow
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 13 October 1987
- URN
- 115433 · LAESTAB 8816038 · UKPRN 10071128
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.