Ludwick Nursery School
Ludwick Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Welwyn Garden City for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 177 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2023.
Holwell Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3RP01707 323693ludwick.herts.sch.ukMrs Helen Ackerman headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 9 February 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Outstanding overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
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 Hertfordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (17), emotional and mental health (10), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Hearing impairment (2), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 177 | 174 | 167 | 168 | 171 | 188 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 12% | 17% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 11% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 15% | 17% | 10% | 12% | 16% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 5% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holwell Primary School | Council | 70 m | 397 | Good 2023 | 90 | Compare |
| Peartree Primary School | Academy | 340 m | 184 | Not inspected | 83 | Compare |
| Our Lady Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 480 m | 204 | Report card 2026 | 70 | Compare |
| Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School | Council | 700 m | 418 | No overall grade 2025 | 54 | Compare |
| Creswick Academy | Academy | 820 m | 325 | Requires improvement 2022 | 2 | Compare |
| Panshanger Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 240 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| Ridgeway Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 875 | No overall grade 2025 | 26 | Compare |
| Applecroft School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 454 | Good 2023 | 88 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Ludwick Nursery School a good school?
Ludwick Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in February 2023.
What is Ludwick Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Ludwick Nursery School outstanding at its last full inspection on 9 February 2023.
How many pupils does Ludwick Nursery School have?
177 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Holwell Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3RP
- Telephone
- 01707 323693
- Website
- www.ludwick.herts.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Ackerman
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward
- Peartree
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 117079 · LAESTAB 9191019 · UKPRN 10065849
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.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- 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.