Kingshill Infant School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.35 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.39

0.30

0.47

0.36

0.47

0.45

0.35

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Kingshill Infant School is a primary school in Ware, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 January 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Kingshill Infant 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	0.35 mi
Reception 2025	0.45 mi
Reception 2024	0.45 mi
Reception 2023	0.47 mi
Reception 2022	0.36 mi
Reception 2021	0.47 mi
Reception 2020	0.30 mi
Reception 2019	0.39 mi
Reception 2018	0.42 mi
Reception 2017	0.47 mi
Reception 2016	0.43 mi
Reception 2015	0.40 mi

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

What the figures show

63 first-choice applications for 59 Reception offers in 2026: 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Reception 2026: the last child offered a place for whom it was the nearest school lived 0.35 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
4.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
The school has 23 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 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: Heath Drive, Ware, SG12 0RL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 206 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 4.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 17 January 2023

Strengths

“This is a friendly, welcoming school.”
“Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy coming to learn and play in a very inclusive environment.”
“Adults set high expectations, while being kind and nurturing.”

To improve

“Leaders have plans to improve the extensive outdoor area, so that all resources support learning as well as possible.”
“All teaching staff have had training in teaching phonics, although some are more confident than others.”
“There are some inconsistencies in the delivery of phonics sessions, and pupils’ levels of engagement vary from one group to another.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 63 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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 Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School 0.1 mi Good
St Catherine's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Priors Wood Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Thundridge Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Wheatcroft Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published