High Beeches Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.79 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.90

0.79

1.01

0.95

0.63

0.72

0.96

0.79

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High Beeches Primary School is a primary school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 8 June 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

High Beeches 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	0.79 mi
Reception 2025	0.96 mi
Reception 2024	0.72 mi
Reception 2023	0.63 mi
Reception 2022	0.95 mi
Reception 2021	1.01 mi
Reception 2020	0.79 mi
Reception 2019	0.90 mi
Reception 2018	0.71 mi
Reception 2017	0.92 mi
Reception 2016	0.92 mi
Reception 2015	0.26 mi

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

What the figures show

Reception 2026: the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.79 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2015.
Reception 2026 had 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results.
In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% 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: Aldwickbury Crescent, Harpenden, AL5 5SD
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 420 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 3.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.5

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

Ofsted

School remains Outstanding Inspected 8 June 2023

Strengths

“Pupils display this value from the moment they arrive to the end of the school day.”
“They are, and feel, very safe here.”
“They love to learn and play together.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 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)	80%	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: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 50 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.

Crabtree Infants' School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Crabtree Junior School 0.2 mi Outstanding
The Grove Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
The Grove Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
St Dominic Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Harpenden Academy 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Manland Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published