Shepherd Primary

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.49 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.69

0.34

0.60

0.52

0.31

0.37

0.44

0.49

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Shepherd Primary is a primary school in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Shepherd Primary 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	0.49 mi
Reception 2025	0.44 mi
Reception 2024	0.37 mi
Reception 2023	0.31 mi
Reception 2022	0.52 mi
Reception 2021	0.60 mi
Reception 2020	0.34 mi
Reception 2019	0.69 mi
Reception 2018	0.44 mi
Reception 2017	0.82 mi
Reception 2016	0.43 mi
Reception 2015	0.46 mi

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

What the figures show

Free school meal eligibility is 20.1%, with 16.9 pupils per teacher; across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire the middle figures are 8.1% and 20.5.
In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place, among children whose nearest school it was, lived 0.49 miles away, further than 2025 and about the same as in 2015.
Reception 2026 drew 20 first-choice applications for 26 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 44th lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 37% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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: Shepherd's Lane, Rickmansworth, WD3 8JJ
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 179 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 20.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.9

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 27 June 2023

Strengths

“Pupils like being part of a school where everyone knows each other.”
“They make some good friendships in their time here.”
“They enjoy practical work in science, looking at artefacts in history, playing percussion instruments in music and using the hall equipment in physical education lessons.”

To improve

“However, some pupils report that not all adults follow up behaviour incidents in the same way.”
“Some pupils therefore still have gaps in key knowledge in these subjects.”
“However, a few older pupils who find reading tricky still have gaps in their reading knowledge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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)	37%	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: 20 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 20 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.

St John Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chorleywood Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published