The Giles Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.28 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.29

0.27

0.26

0.25

0.31

0.28

20192020202120222023202420252026

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The Giles Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (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.

The Giles Infant 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	0.28 mi
Reception 2025	0.31 mi
Reception 2024	0.31 mi
Reception 2023	0.25 mi
Reception 2022	0.26 mi
Reception 2021	0.27 mi
Reception 2020	0.29 mi
Reception 2019	0.29 mi
Reception 2018	0.33 mi
Reception 2017	0.27 mi
Reception 2016	0.26 mi
Reception 2015	0.24 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 for children whose nearest school this is went to a child living 0.28 miles away.
The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2015; the sharpest swing came between 2023 and 2024.
In 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 62 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
13.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 23.9 pupils per teacher; across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire the middle figures are 20.5% and 20.4.

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: Durham Road, Stevenage, SG1 4JQ
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 325 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 13.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.9

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 21 February 2023

Strengths

“However, it does not feel like a big school.”
“It has a ‘family’ feel, where everyone knows everyone else.”
“Parents rightly feel that their children are happy and safe at school.”

To improve

“Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a greater proportion of pupils have found this more challenging.”
“However, this support is not as well developed in other areas as it is in phonics.”
“This is particularly the case for those pupils who need to catch up with their learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 62 offers in total, 53 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 0.0 mi Good
Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
The Leys Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Martins Wood Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Almond Hill Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
Round Diamond Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Lodge Farm Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published