St John's Church of England Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Radlett, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.38 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

1.33

1.40

0.46

0.65

0.87

1.26

0.74

1.38

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St John's Church of England Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Radlett, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 May 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

St John's Church of England Infant 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	1.38 mi
Reception 2025	0.74 mi
Reception 2024	1.26 mi
Reception 2023	0.87 mi
Reception 2022	0.65 mi
Reception 2021	0.46 mi
Reception 2020	1.40 mi
Reception 2019	1.33 mi
Reception 2018	0.67 mi
Reception 2017	0.71 mi
Reception 2016	1.47 mi
Reception 2015	0.82 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 1.38 miles from the school.
That Reception 2026 distance was further than in 2025 and further than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
Reception 2026 had 65 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, 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: Gills Hill Lane, Radlett, WD7 8DD
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 191 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.4

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 19 May 2022

Strengths

“Pupils at St John’s Church of England Infant and Nursery School live out the school’s ‘HAPPY’ motto.”
“Finding the curriculum interesting, pupils embody the ‘Y’ in the school’s motto: yes to learning.”
“Pupils relish opportunities to talk about what they learn, remembering lots of it.”

To improve

“Sometimes, where leaders are new to role, they are not efficient in checking that training or guidance given to staff has resulted in an improvement in teaching.”
“This means pupils’ learning is not always maximised.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 65 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 54 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.

Fair Field Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
Newberries Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Hertsmere Jewish Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Shenley Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
Meryfield Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Clore Shalom School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Parkside Community Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Coates Way JMI and Nursery School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published