Hillshott Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Letchworth, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Ridge Avenue, Letchworth, SG6 1QE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils come to school happily and secure that everyone is welcome and included here.”
- “Pupils trust staff to listen to any worries they may have and to help them.”
- “From the early years, children develop confidence and independence as they move through the school.”
To improve
- “A few pupils, who are struggling with their reading, do not get enough opportunities to practise their phonics in writing.”
- “Sometimes teachers give them tasks that are too ambitious and this slows these pupils’ progress.”
- “However, in a few subjects teaching is not consistently effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 46 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
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- 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.
- Pixmore Junior School 0.3 mi Not judged
- Garden City Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wilbury Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lordship Farm Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Mary's Junior Mixed School 1.1 mi Good
- St Mary's Infants' School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published