Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.28 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in St. Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery 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 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.51 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.12 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.27 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.44 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.11 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.13 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.22 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.12 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 16 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, the last distance offered to children whose nearest school this is was 0.28 miles, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2015.
- Of its pupils, 37.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 8.7% 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
- Nurseries Road, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, AL4 8TP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 171 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 September 2022
Strengths
- “These help them learn about positive mindsets.”
- “The bee helps with teamwork, and the tortoise with resilience.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe as they all learn about ‘start telling other people’ (STOP).”
To improve
- “In small pockets of the curriculum, pupils do not retain learning as well.”
- “This is because the same level of planning and training for how pupils connect and secure knowledge has not taken place.”
- “Leaders identified that during the COVID-19 pandemic, some pupils fell behind with their reading and developed gaps in their reading knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 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) | 50% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 15 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.
- St Helen's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandridge School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Grove Infant and Nursery School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Grove Junior School 2.0 mi School remains Good
- High Beeches Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Crabtree Junior School 2.2 mi Outstanding
- Crabtree Infants' School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sauncey Wood Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
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