Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Tring, 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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Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Tring, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery 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

Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 14 offers: 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
In Reception 2026, 18 of the 33 applications (55%) came from families living outside Hertfordshire, and 3 offers went to them.
20% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.3% 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: Station Road, Long Marston, Tring, HP23 4QS
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 130 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 20% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.1

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 21 March 2023

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy their learning at Long Marston VA Church of England School.”
“They work hard in lessons and become confident, independent learners.”
“They develop positive relationships with each other and with adults.”

To improve

“In some foundation subjects, the checking of what pupils know is not as developed to ensure that pupils are remembering the most important vocabulary and content they need for their future learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2023 (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)	36%	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: 16 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.

Dundale Primary School and Nursery 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Grove Road Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring 3.1 mi Good
St Bartholomew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Wigginton 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
Little Gaddesden Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published