Downfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.40 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Downfield Primary School is a primary school in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Downfield 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 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.26 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.44 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.42 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.40 miles away, further out than in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 22% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest.
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
- Downfield Road, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 8SS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 467 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be a part of their diverse school community.”
- “They trust each other to respect the differences they have.”
- “Young interpreters excel in their roles helping new arrivals who speak English as an additional language to communicate.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, pupils do not have sufficient opportunity to re-read new and unfamiliar words once they have sounded them out.”
- “Consequently, some pupils overly rely on sounding out words they have already read.”
- “This means some pupils do not read fluently as quickly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 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) | 22% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 50 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.
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Millbrook School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Burleigh Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Four Swannes Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookland Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookland Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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