Hillmead Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.36 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.33

0.24

0.28

0.52

0.59

0.34

0.37

0.36

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Hillmead Primary School is a primary school in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Hillmead 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	0.36 mi
Reception 2025	0.37 mi
Reception 2024	0.34 mi
Reception 2023	0.59 mi
Reception 2022	0.52 mi
Reception 2021	0.28 mi
Reception 2020	0.24 mi
Reception 2019	0.33 mi
Reception 2018	0.28 mi
Reception 2017	0.36 mi
Reception 2016	0.28 mi
Reception 2015	0.37 mi

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

What the figures show

Among children for whom it was the nearest school, the last offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.36 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and 2015.
In between, that distance has swung sharply, with the biggest move from 2021 to 2022.
Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Woburn Avenue, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4PW
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 223 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.5

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 21 March 2024

Strengths

“This is a nurturing and inclusive school where pupils are happy.”
“Pupils work hard to reach the school’s high expectations.”
“Pupils achieve well because teachers generally explain things clearly and check to make sure pupils understand.”

To improve

“Sometimes, teachers plan work for pupils that is too easy or too difficult.”
“This means that some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2024 (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: 24 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 24 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.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Northgate Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Manor Fields Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Avanti Brook Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Windhill21 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Michael's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Richard Whittington Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Thorley Hill Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published