Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.32 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Swallow Dell 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 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.44 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.32 miles from the school.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In Reception 2026 it had 47 first-choice applications for 52 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Blackthorn Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3JP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud to be part of this school.”
- “When children join in Nursery, they quickly learn ‘The Swallow Dell Way’.”
- “Pupils have a deep understanding of kindness, respect and ambition.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ achievement in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of Year 6 has not previously reflected this.”
- “However, in some subjects in the wider curriculum, older pupils have gaps in their knowledge due to a previously less welldeveloped curriculum.”
- “This means pupils sometimes do not have secure foundations on which to build new learning and do not remember important knowledge they have been taught previously.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2025 (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) | 80% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 47 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.
- Holwell Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Panshanger Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Peartree Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Watchlytes Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Commonswood Primary & Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Creswick Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springmead Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
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