Westfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.30 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Westfield Primary School is a primary school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Westfield 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 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.06 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.06 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.67 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.57 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.60 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.52 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.75 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.57 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 1.93 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.52 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.45 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 30% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026, for children whose nearest school it is, lived 0.30 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
- 27.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 8.3%.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 16 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Durrants Lane, Berkhamsted, HP4 3PJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 140 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are positive about the changes leaders are making at this school.”
- “They are enjoying getting to know new staff.”
- “Children in early years make a successful start to school life.”
To improve
- “However, pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do need more specific help to achieve fully what they are capable of.”
- “However, pupils are concerned that some pupils can still be unkind.”
- “Pupils know that adults do address this, yet there remain instances where unwelcome behaviours continue.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 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) | 30% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 11 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.
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenway Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Thomas Coram Church of England School 1.6 mi Good
- Potten End CofE Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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