Ardleigh Green Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Hornchurch, Havering
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.46 miles
Published by London Borough of Havering · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Ardleigh Green Infant School is a primary school in Hornchurch, Havering for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Havering has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Ardleigh Green Infant 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 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.54 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.64 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2014 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2013 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2012 | 0.37 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 0.46 miles, the 2nd shortest of 19 Havering primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2012; it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 131 first-choice applications for 90 offers, which is 1.5 first choices per offer, the highest of 50 Havering primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 86 offers went to first-choice families and 45 first-choice families (34%) were not offered a place; 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Havering schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ardleigh Green Road, Hornchurch, RM11 2SP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Havering
- Pupils on roll
- 269 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff and parents and carers typically described this highly successful school as ‘amazing’.”
- “The school’s values, including teaching pupils to be resourceful and responsible, are well embedded throughout the school.”
- “Pupils draw on their resilience when faced with challenges; they know it means not giving up.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 131 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 86 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 Havering.
- Ardleigh Green Junior School 0.0 mi Outstanding
- Harold Wood Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nelmes Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Squirrels Heath Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Gidea Park Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Towers Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadford Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Towers Junior School 1.2 mi Standards maintained