Roundwood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.35 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Roundwood Primary School is a primary school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Roundwood 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 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.29 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.65 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.51 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.96 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.66 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.31 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- At the end of primary school in 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception in 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.35 miles away, further than in 2025 and 2015; it swung between years.
- 2.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 3.4% 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
- Roundwood Park, Harpenden, AL5 3AD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 338 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils love to learn because teachers make lessons interesting.”
- “They understand that learning new ideas is important for their future education.”
- “This is because staff have high expectations.”
To improve
- “These needs can sometimes make it harder for pupils to focus on learning and they do not always achieve as well as they could.”
- “The school has recently increased its focus on attendance because a small number of pupils are persistently absent.”
- “Leaders are strengthening their actions in order to secure further, sustained improvement in attendance for all pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 2026 (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) | 69% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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.
- St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wood End School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harpenden Academy 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Lea Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manland Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Crabtree Infants' School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Crabtree Junior School 1.4 mi Outstanding
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