Walkern Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.31 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Walkern Primary School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Walkern 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 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.24 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 2.33 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.19 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 2.34 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.59 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.56 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.31 miles from the school, under the priority for children whose nearest school it is.
- That Reception distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2015, and it has swung sharply, most of all from 2019 to 2020.
- Reception 2026 saw 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers; 22 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- High Street, Walkern, Stevenage, SG2 7NS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 154 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are happy, safe and successful.”
- “They benefit from following an ambitious and varied school curriculum from the early years upwards.”
- “The school has high expectations.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum does not detail exactly what pupils need to know and remember.”
- “While pupils can explain well what they are currently learning, they struggle to recall prior knowledge in these subjects.”
- “This limits the depth of understanding and connections pupils can make in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2025 (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) | 79% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 22 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.
- Benington Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lodge Farm Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Martins Wood Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Camps Hill Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashtree Primary Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Round Diamond Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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