Peartree Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.35 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Peartree Primary School is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 30 April 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Peartree 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 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.22 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.33 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For children whose nearest school it is, the last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.35 miles away.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2015; the biggest swing came between 2016 and 2017.
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 13 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Peartree Primary School, Peartree Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3XW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 184 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 30 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are enthusiastic about their experiences at this school.”
- “They appreciate how staff care, want them to succeed and have high standards for them.”
- “Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning and have responded well to the recent changes to the curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, there are some instances where staff are not precise or timely enough in setting work to extend pupils’ understanding even further.”
- “This means that some pupils who are capable of more do not consistently move on to more in-depth knowledge quickly enough.”
- “Some staff are still becoming familiar with the ambitious curriculum content pupils must know and retrieve later.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2025 (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) | 75% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 12 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.
- Holwell Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Creswick Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Panshanger Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Applecroft School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Templewood Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Watchlytes Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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