Thorley Hill Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.61 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.56

0.43

0.26

0.34

0.58

0.14

0.19

0.61

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Thorley Hill Primary School is a primary school in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Thorley Hill 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	0.61 mi
Reception 2025	0.19 mi
Reception 2024	0.14 mi
Reception 2023	0.58 mi
Reception 2022	0.34 mi
Reception 2021	0.26 mi
Reception 2020	0.43 mi
Reception 2019	0.56 mi
Reception 2018	0.38 mi
Reception 2017	0.37 mi
Reception 2016	0.32 mi
Reception 2015	0.28 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
For Reception in 2026, there were 24 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 22 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.61 miles away, the longest of the 12 years with a published distance.
In January 2026, 8.8% of pupils were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 14.6%.

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: Park Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3NH
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 228 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.1

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024

Strengths

“Pupils at Thorley Hill are polite and confident.”
“In lessons, they keenly follow wellestablished routines.”
“They enjoy learning and concentrate hard.”

To improve

“While gaps in some pupils’ knowledge remain, the updated curriculum is helping to remedy this.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2024 (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)	87%	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: 24 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 22 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.

Richard Whittington Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Thorn Grove Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Michael's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Windhill21 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Manor Fields Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Hillmead Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Northgate Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published