Roman Way Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–9 · Royston, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.33 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.29

0.35

0.36

0.40

0.42

0.36

0.40

0.33

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Roman Way Academy is a primary school in Royston, Hertfordshire for ages 3–9 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Roman Way Academy 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	0.33 mi
Reception 2025	0.40 mi
Reception 2024	0.36 mi
Reception 2023	0.42 mi
Reception 2022	0.40 mi
Reception 2021	0.36 mi
Reception 2020	0.35 mi
Reception 2019	0.29 mi
Reception 2018	0.38 mi
Reception 2017	0.31 mi
Reception 2016	0.36 mi
Reception 2015	0.38 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place, among children for whom this was the nearest school, lived 0.33 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2015.
The Reception last distance offered has swung sharply between years, with the biggest move between 2017 and 2018.
Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 33 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
Of its pupils, 18.3% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11% 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: Burns Road, Royston, SG8 5EQ
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 219 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.6

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 26 September 2023

Strengths

“Pupils at Roman Way are kind and caring towards each other.”
“They are motivated to learn and keen to share what they have learned.”
“Pupils know who to talk to if they have concerns or worries.”

To improve

“In a few subjects, the school has not set out its expectations clearly enough.”
“Therefore, some teachers do not always teach the curriculum as expected, as they lack the subject knowledge to do so.”
“This means that some pupils do not acquire all of the knowledge that subject leaders intend, as much as they could.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 33 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 33 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 Mary Roman Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Tannery Drift School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Icknield Walk First School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Studlands Rise First School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Therfield First School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
Reed First School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
Barley (VA) Church of England First School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
Barkway VA Church of England First School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published