Samuel Lucas Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.51 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.47

0.50

0.51

0.52

0.53

0.49

0.50

0.51

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Samuel Lucas Primary School is a primary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 3 October 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Samuel Lucas 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	0.51 mi
Reception 2025	0.50 mi
Reception 2024	0.49 mi
Reception 2023	0.53 mi
Reception 2022	0.52 mi
Reception 2021	0.51 mi
Reception 2020	0.50 mi
Reception 2019	0.47 mi
Reception 2018	0.54 mi
Reception 2017	0.50 mi
Reception 2016	0.53 mi
Reception 2015	0.51 mi

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

What the figures show

Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 3 October 2023; the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire have 6 Good, 1 Requires improvement and 1 with no current grade.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 among children for whom this is the nearest school lived 0.51 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and 2015.
From 2015 to 2026, the last distance stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance.
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 25% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Gaping Lane, Hitchin, SG5 2JQ
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 416 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.3

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

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 3 October 2023

Strengths

“Pupils thrive at this vibrant school.”
“They are proud to be part of the Samuel Lucas community and come to school happily every day.”
“Adults are highly ambitious for every pupil.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (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)	75%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.

Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy 0.3 mi Standards maintained
Oughton Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Highbury Infant School and Nursery 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
Our Lady Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Whitehill Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
William Ransom Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published