Millfield First and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Buntingford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.46 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

2.18

1.62

0.78

0.76

0.70

0.55

0.40

0.46

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Millfield First and Nursery School is a primary school in Buntingford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Millfield First 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	0.46 mi
Reception 2025	0.40 mi
Reception 2024	0.55 mi
Reception 2023	0.70 mi
Reception 2022	0.76 mi
Reception 2021	0.78 mi
Reception 2020	1.62 mi
Reception 2019	2.18 mi
Reception 2018	1.95 mi
Reception 2017	0.51 mi
Reception 2016	0.49 mi
Reception 2015	0.61 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child 0.46 miles away, among children for whom it was nearest; further than in 2025, nearer than in 2015.
Reception last distances have swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move coming from 2017 to 2018.
Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 42 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
Free school meal eligibility is 8% of pupils, below the middle figure of 18.8% across 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: Monks Walk, Buntingford, SG9 9DT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 311 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.2

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 21 November 2023

Strengths

“Pupils know and display the school values of ‘respectful, determined, proud’.”
“These values underpin the way they learn and play together.”
“In lessons, pupils know that their teachers want them to do well.”

To improve

“In these subjects, pupils are engaged in their learning but some pupils learn less well.”
“They are developing their skills to ensure that all teachers are consistently teaching these subjects well.”
“However, a small minority of parents lack confidence in the help that the school provides for pupils with SEND.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 February 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 41 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.

Layston Church of England First School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Buntingford First School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hormead Church of England (VA) First School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
Jenyns First School and Nursery 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
Anstey First School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published