Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Hertford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.08 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.13

0.89

0.16

3.32

0.16

1.15

2.34

1.08

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Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Hertford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England 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	1.08 mi
Reception 2025	2.34 mi
Reception 2024	1.15 mi
Reception 2023	0.16 mi
Reception 2022	3.32 mi
Reception 2021	0.16 mi
Reception 2020	0.89 mi
Reception 2019	0.13 mi
Reception 2018	0.92 mi
Reception 2017	1.08 mi
Reception 2016	1.31 mi
Reception 2015	1.17 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, among children for whom it was the nearest school, the last one offered a place lived 1.08 miles away, nearer than in 2025.
Across Reception years since 2015 the last distance has swung sharply, most of all between 2021 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was about the same as 2015's.
Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and 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: Newgate Street Village, Hertford, SG13 8RA
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 110 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.7

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024

Strengths

“This school helps pupils to be sociable and confident and to enjoy their learning.”
“Pupils are kind to each other and respectful towards staff and visitors.”
“They enjoy the ‘family feel’ and community atmosphere unique to this small school, describing it as ‘small but mighty’.”

To improve

“However, occasionally activities do not reinforce learning successfully or fully correspond to what the school has intended pupils should learn.”
“This leads to gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
“The school has recently trained subject leaders to check how well each subject is structured and taught; however, this is not yet fully embedded.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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)	83%	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: 10 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 10 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.

Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Cuffley School 1.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
Woodside Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Northaw Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Fairfields Primary School and Nursery 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Flamstead End School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published