Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Ware, 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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Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Ware, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 July 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 56 of the 364 other Hertfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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: New Road, Ware, SG12 7BT
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 332 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.9

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 20 July 2023

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy coming to this friendly school.”
“Children in the nursery class settle well because staff take many steps to help them to make a smooth start to their education.”
“Parents and carers say that this is a school with a great family feeling and a warm welcome.”

To improve

“However, despite the positive early years provision, some pupils in key stage 1 have not developed some of the basic skills that enable them to access all aspects of the curriculum.”
“For example, some pupils do not hold their pencil correctly.”
“Pupils who need additional help have extra practice, but this is not consistently of a high quality.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 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)	54%	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: 35 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 35 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.

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Kingshill Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School 0.6 mi Good
St Catherine's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Priors Wood Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Wheatcroft Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
Thundridge Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published