Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Potters Bar, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.70 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.37

0.35

0.52

0.38

0.42

0.56

0.26

0.70

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Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School is a primary school in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant 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	0.70 mi
Reception 2025	0.26 mi
Reception 2024	0.56 mi
Reception 2023	0.42 mi
Reception 2022	0.38 mi
Reception 2021	0.52 mi
Reception 2020	0.35 mi
Reception 2019	0.37 mi
Reception 2018	0.39 mi
Reception 2017	0.37 mi
Reception 2016	0.71 mi
Reception 2015	0.48 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 0.70 miles away, further than in 2025 and further than in 2015.
Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 4th highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results.
In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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: Watkins Rise, Potters Bar, EN6 1QB
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 226 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 17.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.5

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2022

Strengths

“Pupils are well mannered and welcoming.”
“They exemplify the school rules: be ready, be respectful, and be safe.”
“Pupils show they are ready to learn by looking at and listening to teachers.”

To improve

“However, these plans have yet to take effect.”
“Some less experienced curriculum leaders do not view the early years as the starting point in their curriculum development.”
“They do not direct staff in the Nursery and Reception Years to teach specific vocabulary or ideas.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 November 2022 (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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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.

Oakmere Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Little Heath Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Cranborne Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Pope Paul Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Wroxham School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Northaw Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Brookmans Park Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Giles' CofE Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published