Harvey Road Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.35 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.21

0.19

0.27

0.44

0.40

0.34

0.71

0.35

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Harvey Road Primary School is a primary school in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 31 October 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Harvey Road 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	0.35 mi
Reception 2025	0.71 mi
Reception 2024	0.34 mi
Reception 2023	0.40 mi
Reception 2022	0.44 mi
Reception 2021	0.27 mi
Reception 2020	0.19 mi
Reception 2019	0.21 mi
Reception 2018	0.36 mi
Reception 2017	0.16 mi
Reception 2016	0.28 mi
Reception 2015	0.35 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 29% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, while 16 first-choice families were not offered a place.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 as one living nearest the school lived 0.35 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2015.
3.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10.5% 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: Harvey Road, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3BN
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 240 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 3.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.3

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

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 31 October 2023

Strengths

“Harvey Road is an exciting place to learn.”
“Children develop curiosity and a keenness to learn in the early years.”
“This continues to develop as they get older.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 January 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)	87%	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: 45 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.

Yorke Mead Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Little Green Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
Ascot Road Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Willow Tree Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published