Northfields Infants and Nursery School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.34 miles

Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.73

0.40

0.43

0.78

0.35

0.83

0.86

0.34

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Northfields Infants and Nursery School is a primary school in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Northfields Infants 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	0.34 mi
Reception 2025	0.86 mi
Reception 2024	0.83 mi
Reception 2023	0.35 mi
Reception 2022	0.78 mi
Reception 2021	0.43 mi
Reception 2020	0.40 mi
Reception 2019	0.73 mi
Reception 2018	0.65 mi
Reception 2017	0.69 mi
Reception 2016	0.73 mi
Reception 2015	0.69 mi

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

What the figures show

The last Reception 2026 offer went to a child 0.34 miles away, 68th shortest of 275 Hertfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.46 miles).
The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2015, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 12 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 23 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
Ofsted's latest outcome, from 30 April 2024, was Requires improvement; among the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire, 5 are Good and 3 have no current grade.

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: Burley, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4PT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 138 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 21.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.8

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

Ofsted

Requires improvement Inspected 30 April 2024

Strengths

“Pupils at Northfields welcome visitors with smiles and are keen to tell you about their school.”
“They are enthusiastic learners, answering and asking questions often.”
“Pupils and staff have friendly and respectful relationships.”

To improve

“However, some pupils are not making as much progress in other subjects because teachers’ expectations of what pupils can do are not high enough.”
“Some subjects have been well structured, while others are still in the early stages of development.”
“However, a number of other subjects require further development.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 23 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.

The Grange Academy 0.1 mi Good
Stonehill School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Wilbury Junior School 1.1 mi Good
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Icknield Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Pixmore Junior School 1.4 mi Not judged
St Mary's Infants' School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published