Icknield Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.52 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.50

0.66

0.58

0.61

0.47

0.56

0.67

0.52

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Icknield Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Icknield Infant 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	0.52 mi
Reception 2025	0.67 mi
Reception 2024	0.56 mi
Reception 2023	0.47 mi
Reception 2022	0.61 mi
Reception 2021	0.58 mi
Reception 2020	0.66 mi
Reception 2019	0.50 mi
Reception 2018	0.55 mi
Reception 2017	0.62 mi
Reception 2016	0.52 mi
Reception 2015	0.69 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 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.52 miles away, under one of its admission criteria, nearer than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
24.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
The school has 20.7 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 22 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: Archers Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4UN
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 206 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 24.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.7

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025

Strengths

“Pupils at this school care deeply about there being ‘no outsiders’ at this school.”
“They learn about and celebrate differences.”
“Pupils believe everyone should be treated fairly.”

To improve

“However, the school does not follow the behaviour policy consistently.”
“As a result, too many older pupils disrupt learning.”
“Sometimes, the school does not expect enough of pupils and what they can achieve.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 51 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.

Wilbury Junior School 0.2 mi Good
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Pixmore Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Stonehill School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Northfields Infants and Nursery School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
The Grange Academy 1.3 mi Good
Lordship Farm Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published