The Leys Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.36 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
The Leys Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
The Leys Primary 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 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.24 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.33 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.36 miles away, further than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 25.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 17.1%.
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
- Ripon Road, Stevenage, SG1 4QZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 406 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “They come to school eager to learn and are excited to see their friends and teachers.”
- “Pupils live their school values of ‘empathy, inclusivity, respect, aspiration, determination and empowerment’ because staff reinforce these at every opportunity.”
- “They leave the school well prepared for their next stage of learning, having demonstrated the school motto of ‘learning today, leading tomorrow’.”
To improve
- “In a few areas of the curriculum, this is not as precise.”
- “This means there are occasions where pupils do not deepen their knowledge over time in these less developed subject areas.”
- “Pupils readily take on a range of leadership roles when selected but are unclear as to what decisions they can make.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 58% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 54 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.
- Round Diamond Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Giles Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- The Giles Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Martins Wood Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Almond Hill Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lodge Farm Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
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