Minet Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Hayes, Hillingdon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hillingdon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Minet Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Hayes, Hillingdon for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2023. Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Minet Infant and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 41 of the 56 other Hillingdon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 74 first-choice applications for 77 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 32.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 21.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hillingdon.
- Ofsted confirmed on 12 October 2023 that the school remains Good; 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hillingdon are also rated Good.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hillingdon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Avondale Drive, Hayes, UB3 3NR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 400 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 October 2023
Strengths
- “This is a happy and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending because they feel well cared for.”
- “Pupils are kept safe and know there are lots of staff who look after them.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the school‘s curricular thinking is not fully embedded.”
- “This leads to gaps in pupils‘ knowledge and understanding, including of subject vocabulary.”
- “In Reception, sometimes staff do not identify and check children‘s misconceptions precisely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 74 first-preference applications, 77 offers in total, 74 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hillingdon.
- Minet Junior School 0.0 mi Improved significantly
- Nanaksar Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dr Triplett's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Botwell House Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lake Farm Park Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yeading Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Yeading Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- Grange Park School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published