Potten End CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.38 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Potten End CofE Primary School is a primary school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Potten End CofE 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 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.64 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.62 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.76 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.84 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.26 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.25 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.65 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.85 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 1.63 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 1.63 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place among those for whom it was their nearest school lived 0.38 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2015.
- There were 41 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 22nd highest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools.
- In 2026, 28 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place; 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Church Road, Potten End, Berkhamsted, HP4 2QY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 March 2022
Strengths
- “Potten End Primary School is a place where pupils are valued and well cared for.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and being part of this happy community.”
- “On the playground, pupils enjoy each other’s company, following the school’s values of ‘friendship’ and ‘respect’.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, however, some of the important knowledge is not clear, nor sequenced as well as in the stronger subjects.”
- “Pupils make progress, but not as much as they should.”
- “Leaders’ plans to address this issue are still in development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 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) | 59% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Micklem Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakleaf Primary 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Thomas Coram Church of England School 1.8 mi Good
- Pixies Hill Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
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