Oaklands Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Welwyn, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.52 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Oaklands Primary School is a primary school in Welwyn, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Oaklands 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 | 0.52 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.79 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.24 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.68 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.60 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.26 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.66 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.88 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.57 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last distance offered was 0.52 miles, for children for whom it was the nearest school: nearer than in 2025, about the same as 2015.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply between some years since 2015, most of all from 2016 to 2017.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
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
- Great North Road, Oaklands, Welwyn, AL6 0PX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at this school.”
- “They talk positively about their learning.”
- “Pupils appreciate all the interesting and different subjects they are taught.”
To improve
- “Some staff are still getting used to this to ensure all pupils get the detailed knowledge leaders intend.”
- “In a few foundation subjects, leaders have not ensured that there is enough time to deliver the amount of curriculum content they have planned.”
- “This means that teachers cover this subject knowledge at a superficial level.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 September 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) | 60% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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 Michael's Woolmer Green CofE VA Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Knebworth Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Homerswood Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Datchworth 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Codicote Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
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