Barkway VA Church of England First School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–9 · Barkway, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Barkway VA Church of England First School is a primary school in Barkway, Hertfordshire for ages 4–9 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Barkway VA Church of England First 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	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	Not published
Reception 2024	Not published
Reception 2023	Not published
Reception 2022	Not published
Reception 2021	Not published
Reception 2020	Not published
Reception 2019	Not published
Reception 2018	Not published
Reception 2017	Not published
Reception 2016	Not published
Reception 2015	Not published

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

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 56 of the 364 other Hertfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 4 first-choice applications for 5 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 57th lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools.
There were 24 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 5.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
Free school meals: 25% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 11.9% 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: 84 High Street, Barkway, SG8 8EF
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 24 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 25% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 5.9

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 8 November 2023

Strengths

“This is a warm, welcoming and nurturing school.”
“Pupils are well looked after and enjoy school.”
“They know that adults in school care about them and will sort out any problems.”

To improve

“However, a few staff do not do this as effectively.”
“This means that misunderstandings are sometimes missed.”
“However, they are less clear about how well other curriculum subjects are taught and how well pupils are achieving in them.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 4 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 4 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.

Reed First School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Barley (VA) Church of England First School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
Anstey First School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Therfield First School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
Studlands Rise First School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Hormead Church of England (VA) First School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
Icknield Walk First School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published