Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.33 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.81

0.57

0.97

0.42

0.82

0.60

0.71

0.33

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Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School is a primary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant 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	0.33 mi
Reception 2025	0.71 mi
Reception 2024	0.60 mi
Reception 2023	0.82 mi
Reception 2022	0.42 mi
Reception 2021	0.97 mi
Reception 2020	0.57 mi
Reception 2019	0.81 mi
Reception 2018	0.53 mi
Reception 2017	1.76 mi
Reception 2016	0.13 mi
Reception 2015	0.18 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, among children for whom it was the nearest school, the last one offered a place lived 0.33 miles away.
The 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2015; it has swung sharply, most of all from 2016 to 2017.
Of 17 Reception 2026 applications, 7 (41%) came from families living outside Hertfordshire, and 4 offers went to them; every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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: Oxford Road, Breachwood Green, Hitchin, SG4 8NP
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 84 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 16.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 13.5

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026

Strengths

“Pupils say their school is a special place because everyone knows each other.”
“They feel like part of a family.”
“Additionally, pupils treat each other with kindness.”

To improve

“A few pupils need extra help to improve their wellbeing.”
“However, while the teaching of phonics is effective overall, this could be more consistent to support pupils' early reading even more and reduce the need for additional help for pupils to be put into place.”
“The impact of these changes is yet to be fully realised in practice.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2026 (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)	57%	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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.

St Paul's Walden Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Preston Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
Kimpton Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
Sauncey Wood Primary School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
The Lea Primary School and Nursery 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published