Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.47 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.56

0.45

0.77

0.37

0.39

0.45

0.30

0.47

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Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School is a primary school in St. Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery 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	0.47 mi
Reception 2025	0.30 mi
Reception 2024	0.45 mi
Reception 2023	0.39 mi
Reception 2022	0.37 mi
Reception 2021	0.77 mi
Reception 2020	0.45 mi
Reception 2019	0.56 mi
Reception 2018	0.47 mi
Reception 2017	0.43 mi
Reception 2016	0.27 mi
Reception 2015	0.44 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 for whom it was the nearest school lived 0.47 miles away, further than in 2025.
Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 40 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
The published admission number for Reception 2027 is 60 places, and there were 243 pupils on roll in January 2026.
There are 23 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 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: Downes Road, St. Albans, AL4 9NT
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 243 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 7.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025

Strengths

“The school warmly welcomes pupils and their parents and carers every day, with Koby, the school dog, adding a special touch.”
“Staff’s genuine kindness helps children settle quickly into Nursery and Reception.”
“These strong relationships nurture happiness and safety, shaping positive views of the school.”

To improve

“This is because some knowledge and skills that children need to learn in the early years are too broad.”
“Teachers do not have sufficient clarity about exactly what to check that children know and can do and when to check this.”
“As a result, some children do not develop their understanding as well as they could.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 38 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.

Wheatfields Junior Mixed School 0.0 mi School remains Good
Skyswood Primary & Nursery School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Bernards Heath Junior School 0.8 mi Good
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Sandridge School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Oakwood Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published