Hartford Infant and Preschool
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
4.189 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 19 April 2022
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2022 (miles)
Hartford Infant and Preschool is a primary school in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2022 entry.
Hartford Infant and Preschool 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 2022 | 4.189 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.05 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.416 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2022 last distance offered, 4.189 miles, was the 2nd longest of 12 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2022 last distance; the middle figure was 2.00 miles.
- That 2022 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2021 and 2019, and the 2022 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 34 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 12.5% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire is 30.2%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mayfield Crescent, Hartford, Huntingdon, PE29 1UL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 152 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Hartford Infant and Preschool are happy.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and thrive because they achieve success.”
- “From the moment pupils start school, they are encouraged to be curious, confident learners.”
To improve
- “The gaps in their knowledge are not identified quickly enough.”
- “These pupils are not given the precise support they need to catch up quickly.”
- “Therefore, they take longer to become fluent than they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 34 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 Cambridgeshire.
- Hartford Junior School 0.0 mi Standards maintained
- Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi Not judged
- Huntingdon Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Godmanchester Community Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stukeley Meadows Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cromwell Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged