Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.58 miles

Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.38

0.51

0.47

0.66

0.62

0.57

0.76

0.58

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Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 14 September 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Woolenwick 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	0.58 mi
Reception 2025	0.76 mi
Reception 2024	0.57 mi
Reception 2023	0.62 mi
Reception 2022	0.66 mi
Reception 2021	0.47 mi
Reception 2020	0.51 mi
Reception 2019	0.38 mi
Reception 2018	0.58 mi
Reception 2017	0.91 mi
Reception 2016	0.53 mi
Reception 2015	0.84 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 living 0.58 miles away, the 83rd longest of 275 Hertfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2016 to 2017.
For Reception 2026 there were 76 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 58 went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
Ofsted's latest outcome, on 14 September 2023, was that the school remains Outstanding; among the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire, 1 is Outstanding and 4 are Good.

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: Bridge Road West, Stevenage, SG1 2NU
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 207 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.6

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

Ofsted

School remains Outstanding Inspected 14 September 2023

Strengths

“Pupils at Woolenwick are happy, caring and well behaved.”
“They are proud of their community and all the people within it.”
“Pupils get on well with each other and show compassion and kindness.”

To improve

“Published assessment outcomes for 2022 showed that in some subjects pupils did not achieve at the same level as prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Safeguarding: Effective

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

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 76 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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.

Woolenwick Junior School 0.0 mi Good
Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Fairlands Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Almond Hill Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
Broom Barns Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bedwell Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published