The Cranbourne Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.23 miles

Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.26

0.32

0.27

0.28

0.33

0.32

0.23

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The Cranbourne Primary School is a primary school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

The Cranbourne 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	0.23 mi
Reception 2025	0.32 mi
Reception 2024	0.32 mi
Reception 2023	0.33 mi
Reception 2022	0.28 mi
Reception 2021	0.27 mi
Reception 2020	0.32 mi
Reception 2019	0.26 mi
Reception 2018	1.03 mi
Reception 2017	0.54 mi
Reception 2016	0.35 mi
Reception 2015	0.54 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 0.23 miles from the school, the shortest of the 12 years with a published distance.
2026 Reception entry had 75 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 45th highest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools.
In 2026, 55 Reception offers went to first-choice families, and 20 first-choice families were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (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: Bridleway North, Hoddesdon, EN11 9PP
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 409 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 13.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.5

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 5 March 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are very positive about their academic and personal development experiences at this school.”
“They rise to the high expectations that the school has for them and achieve well in national assessments for reading, writing and mathematics.”
“From early years upwards, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have the adjustments they need to successfully access the learning environment.”

To improve

“However, sometimes the work set in the wider curriculum subjects is not as effective as it could be in supporting pupils to secure and connect the detailed knowledge intended.”
“Pupils are sometimes provided with too much detail at once or not enough.”
“Some move on to new content without having secured the prerequisite knowledge they need.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 April 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)	68%	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: 75 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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.

Forres Primary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Roselands Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
High Leigh Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
St Cross Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published