Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.23 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 January 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Holdbrook Primary 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 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.25 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.27 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.82 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.18 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.77 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For children whose nearest school it is, the last one offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.23 miles away, about the same as in 2025.
- Since 2015 the last distance has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2015.
- Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Longcroft Drive, Waltham Cross, EN8 7QG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 January 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, polite, and welcoming to visitors at Holdbrook.”
- “They enjoy their learning and say they feel safe and looked after.”
- “Pupils describe their school as ‘inspirational’ and as a ‘community’.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders have not carefully considered the important and discrete knowledge pupils need.”
- “Although pupils experience and enjoy lessons, they are not developing the range and depth of knowledge and skills they need.”
- “As a result, pupils are less proficient in these few subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2022 (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) | 52% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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.
- Four Swannes Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Hurst Drive Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Downfield Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Millbrook School 1.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Burleigh Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookland Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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