Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.68 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Trotts Hill Primary 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 | 0.68 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.58 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.40 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 74% met the expected standard, highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 35 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.68 miles away, the longest of the 12 years with a published distance.
- In January 2026, 11% of pupils were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 22.3%.
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
- Wisden Road, Stevenage, SG1 5JD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 236 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their learning at Trotts Hill.”
- “They find many lessons fun and exciting.”
- “Pupils treat each other with tolerance and respect, and behave well.”
To improve
- “On occasion, teachers do not ensure that pupils consolidate and secure in their long-term memory what they have been taught.”
- “Although pupils understand this information, they are not able to recall it as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2022 (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) | 74% | 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: 35 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.
- Giles Junior School 0.3 mi Good
- The Giles Infant and Nursery School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Almond Hill Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Leys Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Martins Wood Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Fairlands Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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