Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.24 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.36

0.44

0.36

0.38

0.34

0.41

0.24

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Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant 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	0.24 mi
Reception 2025	0.41 mi
Reception 2024	0.34 mi
Reception 2023	0.38 mi
Reception 2022	0.36 mi
Reception 2021	0.44 mi
Reception 2020	0.36 mi
Reception 2019	0.36 mi
Reception 2018	0.24 mi
Reception 2017	0.40 mi
Reception 2016	0.41 mi
Reception 2015	0.24 mi

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

What the figures show

2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 55% met the expected standard, lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results.
For Reception in 2026, there were 8 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.24 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2015.
In January 2026, 29.6% of pupils were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 15.6%.

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: Harwood Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AG
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 179 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 29.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.2

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023

Strengths

“Pupils are happy and safe at this inclusive and welcoming school.”
“They study a broad curriculum that prepares them well for the future.”
“Teachers encourage pupils to aspire, learn and achieve.”

To improve

“Leaders are aware that a small minority of parents still feel that the school could communicate more effectively with them about how to best support their children.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2023 (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)	55%	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: 8 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 8 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.

Homerswood Primary and Nursery School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
St John's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Templewood Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Waterside Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Panshanger Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Peartree Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published