William Ransom Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.56 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
William Ransom Primary School is a primary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
William Ransom 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 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.52 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.51 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.53 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.58 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.54 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.55 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.13 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place as one living nearest the school lived 0.56 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2015.
- For Reception 2026 there were 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths – 78% met the expected standard, 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
- Stuart Drive, Hitchin, SG4 9QB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “William Ransom Primary is a caring and happy school.”
- “Pupils say they enjoy coming here.”
- “Staff greet pupils warmly each day.”
To improve
- “However, the identification of and subsequent support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is not as strong as it could be.”
- “However, the planned support programmes to address gaps in some pupils’ learning are not always effective.”
- “As a result, the appropriateness and quality of this support varies.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2025 (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) | 78% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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 Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 0.3 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Mary Exton Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehill Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Highbury Infant School and Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Purwell Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highover Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained
- Samuel Lucas Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
More in Hertfordshire
- All 1,050 schools and nurseries in Hertfordshire
- Hertfordshire primary schools in a table, sorted by results, Ofsted and offers
- Compare Hertfordshire with other areas: offers, results, crime, house prices and rents
- How Hertfordshire's secondary school cut-offs moved in 2026
- Schools in every council in England