Gaddesden Row JMI School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

3.46 miles

Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)

1.21

1.35

0.74

1.24

0.75

0.84

3.50

3.46

20182019202020212023202420252026

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Gaddesden Row JMI School is a primary school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Gaddesden Row JMI 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	3.46 mi
Reception 2025	3.50 mi
Reception 2024	0.84 mi
Reception 2023	0.75 mi
Reception 2021	1.24 mi
Reception 2020	0.74 mi
Reception 2019	1.35 mi
Reception 2018	1.21 mi
Reception 2017	4.00 mi
Reception 2016	0.82 mi
Reception 2015	1.87 mi

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

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 3.46 miles away, the 3rd longest of 275 Hertfordshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 0.46 miles.
That 2026 Reception distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
Gaddesden Row had 7 first-choice applications for 7 offers for Reception 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
The school has 11.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire, and 30.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (23.9%).

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: Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HG
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 49 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 30.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 11.1

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 18 October 2023

Strengths

“Pupils treasure their small and happy school.”
“Everybody cares for each other, and this makes the school feel ‘like a family’.”
“As a result, pupils feel happy and safe.”

To improve

“However, where leaders have not made their expectations clear enough to staff, the quality of pupils’ work is too variable.”
“Poor presentation in mathematics, for example, leads to inaccuracy in how pupils set out calculations.”
“However, there is still more work to do to reduce the number of pupils who are persistently absent.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 7 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 7 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.

Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Flamstead Village School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Markyate Village School and Nursery 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Maple Grove Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Aycliffe Drive Primary School 2.5 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
Holtsmere End Junior School 2.5 mi School remains Good
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Brockswood Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published