Abbots Langley School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.55 miles

Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.55

0.48

0.56

0.51

0.56

0.47

0.55

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Abbots Langley School is a primary school in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Abbots Langley 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	0.55 mi
Reception 2025	0.47 mi
Reception 2024	0.56 mi
Reception 2023	0.56 mi
Reception 2022	0.51 mi
Reception 2021	0.56 mi
Reception 2020	0.48 mi
Reception 2019	0.55 mi
Reception 2018	0.86 mi
Reception 2017	0.84 mi
Reception 2016	0.56 mi
Reception 2015	0.48 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.55 miles away, for children whose nearest school it is; that was further than in 2025 and in 2015.
Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
At 12.2%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals is below the middle figure of 23.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Parsonage Close, Abbots Langley, WD5 0BQ
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 410 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 12.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023

Strengths

“Pupils at ‘Abbots’ enjoy their work and play.”
“The values of being ‘respectful, kind, resilient and ambitious’ shine through.”
“Pupils are happy and get along well with their classmates.”

To improve

“However, some pupils who are still at the early stages of reading, particularly children in the Reception Year and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do not achieve as well as they should.”
“Staff do not routinely use assessment information well.”
“Consequently, when this is the case, the curriculum is not matched closely to account for the gaps in pupils’ reading knowledge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	56%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 40 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 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 Hertfordshire.

Bedmond Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Leavesden JMI School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Kingsway Infants' School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Kingsway Junior School 1.5 mi Good
St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Langleybury 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published