Highbury Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Highbury Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 November 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Standhill Road, Hitchin, SG4 9AG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 November 2022
Strengths
- “Children and pupils at Highbury are animated, inquisitive, kind and very well behaved.”
- “They develop these characteristics because teaching is interesting and adults themselves model fairness, kindness and good manners.”
- “Children and pupils feel secure and are safe.”
To improve
- “However, in some wider subjects, expectations for the quality of pupils’ work could be even more ambitious.”
- “Alongside some excellent practice, staff very occasionally use alternative teaching materials that are not as effective.”
- “However, sometimes the emphasis is more on completion of activities rather than on the quality of pupils’ responses.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 43 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2015 to 2026, as Hertfordshire published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
- Whitehill Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- William Ransom Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Samuel Lucas Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mary Exton Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Oughton Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Strathmore Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published