Lanchester Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Watford, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.35 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Lanchester Primary School is a primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 27 November 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lanchester 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 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.44 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.49 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.35 miles from the school, the shortest of the 12 years with a published distance.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2015, staying close to the year before in every year.
- In 2026 Reception entry, 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 15% 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
- Hempstead Road, Watford, WD17 3HD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 298 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 27 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.”
- “Because the school is a caring and friendly community, these pupils settle into school life well.”
- “Pupils embrace the school values of ‘ready, respectful, resilient’.”
To improve
- “That said, sometimes teachers do not choose the most effective learning approaches.”
- “Where this happens, pupils take longer to understand the information that is being taught.”
- “However, this hinders the progress pupils make across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 January 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) | 73% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Chater Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Watford St John's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chater Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Nascot Wood Junior School 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Central Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cassiobury Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Cassiobury Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
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