Saffron Green Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Borehamwood, 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)
Saffron Green Primary School is a primary school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Saffron Green 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 | 0.52 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.44 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.40 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 as their nearest school lived 0.52 miles away, and that was the longest of the 12 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 36% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- In Reception 2026 there were 15 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 32.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 22.7%.
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
- Nicoll Way, Borehamwood, WD6 2PP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 177 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “There is an emphasis on togetherness.”
- “Pupils told inspectors, ‘Everyone cares about each other.”
To improve
- “However, staff do not check pupils’ understanding consistently in lessons to identify and correct errors swiftly.”
- “As a result, a small number of pupils have misconceptions that go unaddressed.”
- “Despite the school seeing some significant improvements for individual pupils, some do not attend school regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2025 (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) | 36% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 15 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.
- Kenilworth Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Monksmead School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yavneh Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Summerswood Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Teresa Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cowley Hill School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meryfield Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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