High Leigh Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Hoddesdon, 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)
High Leigh Primary School is a primary school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
High Leigh 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 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.24 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.24 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.15 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 23 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.30 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2015.
- There are 15 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 21.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- Schofield Way, Hoddesdon, EN11 8GF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 166 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school and are keen to learn.”
- “They show an interest in all subjects they are taught.”
- “They take pride in greeting visitors in different languages and like to know more about the world around them.”
To improve
- “However, there are still instances where work given to older pupils is not helping them meet the ambitious curriculum aims.”
- “In some other subjects, staff are still getting used to these updates.”
- “This means that the work set for pupils does not yet consistently match the key knowledge they need to know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 2025 (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) | 48% | 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, 23 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.
- Roselands Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Forres Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sheredes Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Cross Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Cranbourne Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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