Brookland Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.58 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.54

0.65

0.53

0.50

0.52

0.45

0.54

0.58

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Brookland Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Brookland Infant and Nursery 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	0.58 mi
Reception 2025	0.54 mi
Reception 2024	0.45 mi
Reception 2023	0.52 mi
Reception 2022	0.50 mi
Reception 2021	0.53 mi
Reception 2020	0.65 mi
Reception 2019	0.54 mi
Reception 2018	0.55 mi
Reception 2017	0.53 mi
Reception 2016	0.50 mi
Reception 2015	0.49 mi

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

What the figures show

Reception 2026 had 66 first-choice applications for 58 offers: 51 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.58 miles away, about the same as in 2025.
18.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 26.4%.

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: Elm Drive, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 0RX
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 216 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.2

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 7 March 2024

Strengths

“This is a safe, happy and nurturing school.”
“They do their best to meet pupils’ individual needs.”
“Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well.”

To improve

“In some subjects, the curriculum is new and needs time to become fully established.”
“In these subjects, pupils are not yet consistently using the vocabulary that leaders want them to learn.”
“The school has not yet checked how well pupils are achieving in these subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 66 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 51 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.

Brookland Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
Churchfield Church of England Academy 0.4 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
Millbrook School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Burleigh Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Downfield Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Longlands Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Paul's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published