Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.57 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery 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 | 0.57 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.60 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.57 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.55 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.57 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.57 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.54 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place for whom this was the nearest school lived 0.57 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and 2015.
- Across the years the last distance has swung sharply at times, with the biggest move coming from 2017 to 2018.
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 57 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 3.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 8.8% 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
- Malvern Way, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3QQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this welcoming school.”
- “They benefit from respectful and nurturing relationships with adults and other pupils.”
- “They know that if they have a worry, however small, they can speak to an adult who will listen and help them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 50 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
- Little Green Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Harvey Road Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ascot Road Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cassiobury Junior School 1.4 mi Good
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