Furneux Pelham Church of England School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.37 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

1.80

1.52

0.49

1.75

1.64

0.39

1.80

1.37

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Furneux Pelham Church of England School is a primary school in Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Furneux Pelham Church of England 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	1.37 mi
Reception 2025	1.80 mi
Reception 2024	0.39 mi
Reception 2023	1.64 mi
Reception 2022	1.75 mi
Reception 2021	0.49 mi
Reception 2020	1.52 mi
Reception 2019	1.80 mi
Reception 2018	1.66 mi
Reception 2017	1.60 mi
Reception 2016	1.94 mi
Reception 2015	1.61 mi

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

What the figures show

For children for whom it was the nearest school, the Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.37 miles, nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2015.
Reception 2026 drew 11 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 42% of pupils 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: Furneux Pelham School, Furneux Pelham, SG9 0LH
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 107 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.1

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 25 February 2025

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy attending this warm and welcoming school with a close-knit family feel.”
“From the moment children start in the Reception Year, they quickly settle into school life.”
“Staff typically have high expectations of pupils.”

To improve

“However, staff do not consistently adapt the learning activities they expect pupils to complete as well as they could.”
“Sometimes, teachers set pupils complex work before they have secured the building blocks of knowledge they need to access it.”
“On other occasions, they set work that is too easy and does not deepen pupils’ knowledge as well as it could.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 March 2025 (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)	42%	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: 11 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 11 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.

Hormead Church of England (VA) First School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
Jenyns First School and Nursery 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Little Hadham Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Anstey First School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Buntingford First School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Roger De Clare First CofE School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
Layston Church of England First School 4.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published