The Lea Primary School and Nursery

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.24 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.35

0.32

1.16

0.50

2.04

0.33

0.24

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The Lea Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

The Lea Primary School and Nursery 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	0.24 mi
Reception 2025	0.33 mi
Reception 2024	2.04 mi
Reception 2023	0.50 mi
Reception 2022	1.16 mi
Reception 2021	0.32 mi
Reception 2020	0.35 mi
Reception 2019	0.35 mi
Reception 2018	0.35 mi
Reception 2017	0.29 mi
Reception 2016	0.51 mi
Reception 2015	0.25 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
In 2026 the Reception last distance offered was 0.24 miles, for children whose nearest school this was, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 12 years.
For Reception in 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Free school meal eligibility stands at 12.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 3.4% 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: Moorland Road, Harpenden, AL5 4LE
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 239 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 12.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.2

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to attend this school.”
“They have excellent attitudes to their learning.”
“Pupils are motivated to achieve the high standards set by the school.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 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)	70%	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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.

Manland Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
Sauncey Wood Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Harpenden Academy 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Roundwood Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Crabtree Junior School 1.1 mi Outstanding
Crabtree Infants' School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Wood End School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published