Martins Wood Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.51 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Martins Wood Primary School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Martins Wood 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 | 0.51 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.60 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.59 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.61 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.59 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.44 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.55 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.57 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, the last place offered went to a child 0.51 miles away, among children whose nearest school it is; that was nearer than in 2025 and 2015.
- For Reception 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 16.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 22.3% 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
- Mildmay Road, Stevenage, SG1 5RT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 532 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 December 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils talk very positively about their school.”
- “Recent changes that leaders have made ensure that pupils behave well, learn successfully and are kept safe.”
- “They make friends here and are well cared for by staff who are ambitious for what they can achieve.”
To improve
- “However, for some pupils with SEND, the targets set for them, for example to help improve their writing, are sometimes not well matched to their needs and starting points.”
- “However, in relation to pupils' writing, some of these checks on learning are not consistently informing next steps in teaching precisely enough.”
- “Therefore, some misconceptions remain or opportunities to extend pupils' writing knowledge and skills are not maximised.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 2026 (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) | 65% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 44 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.
- Giles Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- The Giles Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Leys Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lodge Farm Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Round Diamond Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Camps Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
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