St Mary's Infants' School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–7 · Baldock, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.55 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.41

0.61

0.43

0.86

0.30

0.40

0.55

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St Mary's Infants' School is a primary school in Baldock, Hertfordshire for ages 4–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

St Mary's Infants' 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	0.55 mi
Reception 2025	0.55 mi
Reception 2024	0.40 mi
Reception 2023	0.30 mi
Reception 2022	0.86 mi
Reception 2021	0.43 mi
Reception 2020	0.61 mi
Reception 2019	0.41 mi
Reception 2018	0.77 mi
Reception 2017	0.55 mi
Reception 2016	0.58 mi
Reception 2015	0.54 mi

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

What the figures show

The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.55 miles, for children for whom this was the nearest school.
The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2015, though it swung sharply between some years, most between 2021 and 2022.
There were 16 first-choice applications for 28 Reception offers in 2026 (0.6 per offer, 6th lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
There are 13.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22 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: St Mary's Way, Baldock, SG7 6HY
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–7
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 82 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 23.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 13.2

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 27 June 2023

Strengths

“Pupils who attend St Mary’s Infants’ School are well cared for.”
“They are confident, friendly and happy.”
“They understand that their teachers have high expectations for them.”

To improve

“However, sometimes activities are not introduced with the level of precision that leaders expect.”
“This can result in pupils disengaging from learning.”
“At times, however, teachers do not determine if all pupils know enough and are ready to move on.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 16 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 16 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.

St Mary's Junior Mixed School 0.0 mi Good
St John Roman Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Garden City Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Pixmore Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged
The Grange Academy 1.6 mi Good