Hurst Drive Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.28 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Hurst Drive Primary School is a primary school in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Hurst Drive 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 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.41 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 share was the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.28 miles away, the shortest of the 12 years with a published distance.
- In Reception 2026, 11 of the 79 applications (14%) came from families living outside Hertfordshire, and 8 offers went to them.
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
- Hurst Drive, Waltham Cross, EN8 8DH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 399 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, polite and kind to each other.”
- “As a result, pupils regularly demonstrate these values.”
- “They engage with and focus on their learning.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, they do not have enough time to practise these skills.”
- “The school is further developing the high-quality texts that pupils can read in the class and school libraries.”
- “In a few subjects, teachers do not routinely check the knowledge and vocabulary that pupils can remember and use.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2024 (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) | 63% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 46 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.
- Four Swannes Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Downfield Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burleigh Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Millbrook School 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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