Ashwell Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Baldock, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

2.21 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

1.40

2.09

2.16

2.18

2.11

2.14

2.21

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Ashwell Primary School is a primary school in Baldock, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Ashwell Primary 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	2.21 mi
Reception 2025	2.21 mi
Reception 2024	2.14 mi
Reception 2023	2.11 mi
Reception 2022	2.18 mi
Reception 2021	2.16 mi
Reception 2020	2.09 mi
Reception 2019	1.40 mi
Reception 2018	0.91 mi
Reception 2017	2.10 mi
Reception 2016	2.15 mi
Reception 2015	2.21 mi

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

What the figures show

Among children for whom it was the nearest school, the last offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.21 miles from the school.
Reception last distances swung sharply between some years, though the 2026 figure was about the same as in 2025 and in 2015.
For Reception 2026 there were 37 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 33% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Silver Street, Ashwell, Baldock, SG7 5QL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 229 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.1

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026

Strengths

“Pupils are proud that they attend this village school.”
“They demonstrate curiosity, enthusiasm and pride.”
“Pupils learn successfully and with enjoyment.”

To improve

“However, some pupils do not always write as well as they can.”
“This is because staff do not always ensure they do so.”
“Sometimes, staff do not have high-enough expectations of pupils’ ability to write.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 2026 (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)	74%	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: 37 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.

Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School 3.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St John Roman Catholic Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
The Grange Academy 4.3 mi Good
Northfields Infants and Nursery School 4.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
St Mary's Infants' School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
St Mary's Junior Mixed School 4.4 mi Good
Therfield First School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published