Anstey First School

Primary · Community school · Ages 2–9 · Buntingford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.25 miles

Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

1.55

11.30

4.32

3.43

3.57

3.50

1.25

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Anstey First School is a primary school in Buntingford, Hertfordshire for ages 2–9 (community school). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Anstey First 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	1.25 mi
Reception 2025	3.50 mi
Reception 2024	3.57 mi
Reception 2023	3.43 mi
Reception 2022	4.32 mi
Reception 2021	11.30 mi
Reception 2020	1.55 mi
Reception 2019	1.55 mi
Reception 2018	0.38 mi
Reception 2017	0.32 mi
Reception 2016	1.49 mi
Reception 2015	1.17 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.25 miles away, the 20th longest of the 275 Hertfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The middle figure for that group of Hertfordshire primary schools was 0.46 miles, and this school's 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2015.
Reception 2026 had 2 first-choice applications for 2 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the school has 39 pupils on roll.
It has 9.6 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 19.2.

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: Anstey, Buntingford, SG9 0BY
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–9
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 39 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 17.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 9.6

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026

Strengths

“Pupils experience a calm, welcoming and nurturing school.”
“The values of respect, resilience and responsibility shape their daily life.”
“Pupils speak positively about school.”

To improve

“However, some additional support is not precise enough.”
“However, adaptations are not always precise for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
“This means some pupils do not secure key knowledge as quickly as they could.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 2 first-preference applications, 2 offers in total, 2 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.

Hormead Church of England (VA) First School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
Barkway VA Church of England First School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
Layston Church of England First School 3.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Reed First School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
Furneux Pelham Church of England School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Barley (VA) Church of England First School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
Millfield First and Nursery School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
Buntingford First School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published