Manland Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.28 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.47

0.32

0.37

0.33

0.37

0.27

0.28

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Manland Primary School is a primary school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 6 June 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Manland 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	0.28 mi
Reception 2025	0.27 mi
Reception 2024	0.37 mi
Reception 2023	0.33 mi
Reception 2022	0.37 mi
Reception 2021	0.37 mi
Reception 2020	0.32 mi
Reception 2019	0.47 mi
Reception 2018	0.30 mi
Reception 2017	0.50 mi
Reception 2016	0.25 mi
Reception 2015	0.23 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, the last place went to a child living 0.28 miles away, for whom this was the nearest school; about the same as 2025 and further than 2015.
Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families, and 16 first-choice families (39%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 91% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 28% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
There are 19.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.5 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: Sauncey Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 4QW
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 204 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 3.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.1

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

Ofsted

School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 6 June 2024

Strengths

“The school values of ‘inspiration, aspiration, responsibility’ are embedded in day-to-day school life.”
“Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), demonstrate highly positive attitudes towards their learning.”
“They remember and build on what they learn.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2024 (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)	91%	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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 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.

The Lea Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
Sauncey Wood Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
Harpenden Academy 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Crabtree Junior School 0.6 mi Outstanding
Crabtree Infants' School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Dominic Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
High Beeches Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published