Therfield First School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–9 · Royston, 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

0.51

1.57

0.78

0.46

0.99

0.49

0.51

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Therfield First School is a primary school in Royston, Hertfordshire for ages 4–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Therfield First 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	0.49 mi
Reception 2024	0.99 mi
Reception 2023	0.46 mi
Reception 2022	0.78 mi
Reception 2021	1.57 mi
Reception 2020	0.51 mi
Reception 2019	0.52 mi
Reception 2018	0.43 mi
Reception 2017	0.47 mi
Reception 2016	0.79 mi
Reception 2015	1.51 mi

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

What the figures show

Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 13 offers: 13 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.51 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
15.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
It has 16.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 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: The Causeway, Therfield, Royston, SG8 9PP
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–9
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 69 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.4

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 17 October 2023

Strengths

“Pupils thrive at this small school, which has a ‘family feel’.”
“Kind and caring relationships are at the heart of it.”
“These help to ensure pupils feel safe to learn and to play.”

To improve

“However, the curriculum in a few foundation subjects does not yet set out clearly enough the vocabulary and knowledge pupils should learn.”
“This means teachers cannot check precisely what pupils have remembered.”
“Therefore, they cannot pinpoint next steps in learning with enough accuracy.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.

Reed First School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Tannery Drift School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
Studlands Rise First School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Icknield Walk First School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Roman Way Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
Barkway VA Church of England First School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published