Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Hertford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.61 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.38

1.52

0.78

0.46

0.38

0.50

0.61

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Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Hertford, Hertfordshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Watton-at-Stone Primary 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	0.61 mi
Reception 2025	0.50 mi
Reception 2024	0.38 mi
Reception 2023	0.46 mi
Reception 2022	0.78 mi
Reception 2021	1.52 mi
Reception 2020	0.38 mi
Reception 2019	0.38 mi
Reception 2018	0.37 mi
Reception 2017	0.30 mi
Reception 2016	0.40 mi
Reception 2015	0.50 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 0.61 miles away, further than in 2025 and in 2015.
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
In Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
The school has 23.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.8 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: Rectory Lane, Watton-At-Stone, Hertford, SG14 3SG
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 235 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 10.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.7

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023

Strengths

“Children and pupils are happy here.”
“Pupils value the strong working relationships with adults that underpin their work in classrooms.”
“Expectations for learning and behaviour are high, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”

To improve

“In a few other curriculum subjects, activities are planned but these are not always connected or assessed in a way that builds and checks pupils’ knowledge.”
“Schemes of work are not as precisely aligned with the school’s theoretical knowledge progression statements.”
“The emphasis is on pupils completing or participating in tasks rather than on the quality of their work.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 2023 (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)	73%	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, 26 offers in total, 23 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.

Stapleford Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Datchworth 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Michael's Woolmer Green CofE VA Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Benington Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Knebworth Primary and Nursery School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Longmeadow Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published