Monksmead School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.46 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.42

0.48

0.33

0.47

0.50

0.48

0.46

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Monksmead School is a primary school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 November 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Monksmead 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	0.46 mi
Reception 2025	0.48 mi
Reception 2024	0.50 mi
Reception 2023	0.47 mi
Reception 2022	0.33 mi
Reception 2021	0.48 mi
Reception 2020	0.48 mi
Reception 2019	0.42 mi
Reception 2018	0.44 mi
Reception 2017	0.46 mi
Reception 2016	0.34 mi
Reception 2015	0.49 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, among children for whom it was the nearest school, the last offered a place lived 0.46 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and 2015.
In 2026 there were 26 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers; 21 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
In 2026, 9 Reception offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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: Hillside Avenue, Monksmead School, Borehamwood, WD6 1HL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 208 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.9

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 17 November 2022

Strengths

“There is a strong culture of mutual respect at Monksmead.”
“Pupils are polite and friendly.”
“Their understanding of diversity makes this a welcoming and friendly school.”

To improve

“In other subjects, leaders have introduced revised plans more recently, so pupils need more time to learn the key content they will build upon later.”
“However, they do not perform suitably rigorous checks on how well teachers are delivering the curriculum in each subject.”
“In some subjects, leaders’ understanding of curriculum impact is not clear.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 December 2022 (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)	48%	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: 26 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 21 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.

Yavneh Primary School 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Summerswood Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Kenilworth Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
St Teresa Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Saffron Green Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Cowley Hill School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Woodlands Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Meryfield Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published