Central Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.56 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.51

0.56

0.47

0.50

0.53

0.56

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Central Primary School is a primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Central 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	0.56 mi
Reception 2025	0.53 mi
Reception 2024	0.53 mi
Reception 2023	0.53 mi
Reception 2022	0.50 mi
Reception 2021	0.47 mi
Reception 2020	0.56 mi
Reception 2019	0.51 mi
Reception 2018	0.53 mi
Reception 2017	0.52 mi
Reception 2016	0.53 mi
Reception 2015	0.56 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place as their nearest school lived 0.56 miles away, and that was the longest of the 12 years with a published distance.
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
In Reception 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 42 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
23.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 13.1%.

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: Derby Road, Watford, WD17 2LX
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 399 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 23.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.2

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026

Strengths

“They say this makes it a special place to learn.”
“Pupils feel everyone is treated fairly and this is important to them.”
“This prepares them well for life in modern Britain.”

To improve

“However, sometimes staff do not use consistent and effective approaches, for example by weaving language development into routines and activities across the day.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2026 (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)	69%	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: 33 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 33 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.

Watford St John's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Field Junior School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chater Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
Chater Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
Lanchester Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Bushey and Oxhey Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Laurance Haines School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published