Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Watford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.38 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.33

0.41

0.35

0.25

0.46

0.37

0.36

0.38

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Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School is a primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Parkgate Infants' 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	0.38 mi
Reception 2025	0.36 mi
Reception 2024	0.37 mi
Reception 2023	0.46 mi
Reception 2022	0.25 mi
Reception 2021	0.35 mi
Reception 2020	0.41 mi
Reception 2019	0.33 mi
Reception 2018	0.37 mi
Reception 2017	0.46 mi
Reception 2016	0.42 mi
Reception 2015	0.33 mi

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

What the figures show

Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 56 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 18 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
At 0.7 first choices per offer in Reception 2026, it ranked 21st lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.38 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2015.
4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.7% 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: Northfield Gardens, Watford, WD24 7RL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 202 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.9

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 11 July 2024

Strengths

“Pupils at Parkgate thrive in a strong school community, where cultural diversity is respected and celebrated.”
“There are positive relationships among adults, parents, and pupils.”
“This helps create a safe and supportive environment.”

To improve

“In a few subjects, teachers do not always use assessment information effectively to provide pupils with suitable tasks.”
“In a small number of cases, tasks provided are too easy or too difficult.”
“This prevents some pupils from achieving as well as they should.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 38 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.

Parkgate Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
The Grove Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Knutsford Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Cherry Tree Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Beechfield School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
The Orchard Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Kingsway Junior School 0.9 mi Good