Mandeville Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.41 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Mandeville Primary School is a primary school in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Mandeville 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 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.87 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.67 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.68 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.20 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.29 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.25 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 52 first-choice applications for 52 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 20 of the 115 applications for Reception 2026 (17%) came from families living outside Hertfordshire, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 4th highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results.
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
- West Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0BL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 318 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Mandeville Primary School are confident, respectful and resilient.”
- “They are happy in a warm and supportive environment.”
- “Pupils enthusiastically celebrate their school with visitors.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, a small number of pupils talk over each other, disrupting others.”
- “However, for a small number of subjects, leaders do not know well what is taught in the early years.”
- “This makes it more difficult for teachers in key stage 1 to link what they teach to what pupils learned before Year 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 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) | 77% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 52 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.
- Reedings Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Spellbrook CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- High Wych Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Richard Whittington Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thorley Hill Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Fields Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorn Grove Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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