Springmead Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.60 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Springmead Primary School is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 July 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Springmead 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 | 0.60 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.58 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.55 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.62 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.62 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.29 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.58 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.39 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 0.60 miles away; this was further than in 2025 and 2015.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 23.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.4 across 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
- Hillyfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2HB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 248 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Springmead Primary School access a well-designed curriculum.”
- “Many pupils talk at length about their learning.”
- “Pupils enjoy having their knowledge checked.”
To improve
- “However, the way in which teachers check pupils’ knowledge after a series of lessons does not always inform their teaching as well.”
- “This means that in some areas of the curriculum, over time, pupils forget the ideas and vocabulary taught in lessons.”
- “Leaders recognise this, but their plans to address it are yet to take effect.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2022 (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) | 52% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 22 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.
- Watchlytes Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Panshanger Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Waterside Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tewin Cowper Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holwell Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Peartree Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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