Sauncey Wood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.21 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Sauncey Wood Primary School is a primary school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Sauncey Wood 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 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.71 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.68 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.80 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.33 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 was, the last offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.21 miles away; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 12 years.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 17 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 9th lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 22.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 3.4% 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
- Pickford Hill, Harpenden, AL5 5HL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 147 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “This is a friendly school where pupils are polite and welcoming.”
- “Pupils who are new to the school make friends and settle in quickly.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas of learning, the early years curriculum does not set out precisely enough what the school wants children to learn by the end of the Reception Year.”
- “This means that some of the activities children complete are not matched to clear curricular goals.”
- “As a result, some children are not as well prepared for Year 1 as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2025 (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) | 59% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 10 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.
- Manland Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Lea Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crabtree Junior School 0.8 mi Outstanding
- Crabtree Infants' School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- High Beeches Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Harpenden Academy 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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