Oughton Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.37 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Oughton Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 March 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Oughton 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 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.19 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.43 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026, under one of its admission criteria, lived 0.37 miles from the school.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2015, though it swung sharply between some years.
- 39.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 8.7% 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
- Mattocke Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Oughton are proud of their school.”
- “Many pupils have developed a strong sense of self-awareness.”
- “They show this in their positive behaviour.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders have not identified the subject-specific knowledge and vocabulary that pupils need to learn as precisely.”
- “This means that pupils’ progress in these subjects varies.”
- “This is because teachers are not always clear about what knowledge they need to teach.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 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) | 48% | 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, 17 offers in total, 16 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.
- Samuel Lucas Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Strathmore Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Highbury Infant School and Nursery 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Ickleford Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehill Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
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