Highover Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.51 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.52

0.54

0.48

0.54

0.51

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Highover Primary School is a primary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Highover 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	0.51 mi
Reception 2025	0.51 mi
Reception 2024	0.54 mi
Reception 2023	0.54 mi
Reception 2022	0.48 mi
Reception 2021	0.54 mi
Reception 2020	0.54 mi
Reception 2019	0.52 mi
Reception 2018	0.54 mi
Reception 2017	0.51 mi
Reception 2016	0.54 mi
Reception 2015	0.53 mi

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

What the figures show

Free school meal eligibility is 5.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
The last distance offered for Reception in 2026 was 0.51 miles, for children whose nearest school this is.
The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2015, and has stayed close to the year before in every published year.
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Cambridge Road, Hitchin, SG4 0JP
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 433 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.4

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy being part of this cheerful and welcoming school.”
“They embrace every educational opportunity, in part because of the staff’s enthusiasm for learning.”
“Additionally, staff foster positive relationships by caring for and understanding pupils as individuals.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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)	68%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.

Purwell Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
William Ransom Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Mary Exton Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Our Lady Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained