Longmeadow Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.63 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Longmeadow Primary School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Longmeadow Primary 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 | 0.63 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.68 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.84 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.79 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.55 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.68 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.84 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.75 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.58 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.63 miles from the school.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2015, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 32% 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
- Oaks Cross, Broadwater, Stevenage, SG2 8LT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “The school is starting to make the necessary improvements to help pupils achieve their full potential.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe at this school.”
- “They value the warm relationships that they have with staff.”
To improve
- “Over a period of time, pupils have not received a high-quality education.”
- “Too many pupils leave this school not academically prepared for their secondary school experience.”
- “However, the delivery and impact of this curriculum are still too variable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 32% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Shephalbury Park Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Peartree Spring Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Roebuck Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Featherstone Wood Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashtree Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
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