Jenyns First School and Nursery

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Ware, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.90 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.33

0.83

0.27

1.35

0.33

0.34

0.90

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Jenyns First School and Nursery is a primary school in Ware, Hertfordshire for ages 3–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Jenyns First School and Nursery 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	0.90 mi
Reception 2025	0.34 mi
Reception 2024	0.34 mi
Reception 2023	0.33 mi
Reception 2022	1.35 mi
Reception 2021	0.27 mi
Reception 2020	0.83 mi
Reception 2019	0.33 mi
Reception 2018	0.23 mi
Reception 2017	0.34 mi
Reception 2016	1.37 mi
Reception 2015	0.83 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 0.90 miles from the school.
Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2015.
For Reception 2026 there were 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.9% 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: Uplands, Braughing, Ware, SG11 2QJ
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 66 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 13.3

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024

Strengths

“Pupils relish attending this school.”
“They are keen to build and use their ‘learning superpowers’.”
“Pupils treat each other, and adults, with courtesy and kindness.”

To improve

“The school is aware that in some subjects important knowledge, including key vocabulary, is not always identified precisely enough.”
“This means that pupils do not always gain the important knowledge they need.”
“Consequently, pupils sometimes find it hard to make links between different topics.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 16 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.

Roger De Clare First CofE School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Buntingford First School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Furneux Pelham Church of England School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Hormead Church of England (VA) First School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
Little Hadham Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Millfield First and Nursery School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
Layston Church of England First School 3.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published