Buntingford First School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–9 · Buntingford, 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, 2024–2026 (miles)
Buntingford First School is a primary school in Buntingford, Hertfordshire for ages 2–9 (free schools). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Buntingford First 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 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.72 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 the admission criterion for children whose nearest school it is lived 0.35 miles away, the shortest of the 3 years.
- The Reception last distance was about the same in 2026 as in 2025, nearer than in 2024, and swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026: 46 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 18.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 11.9%.
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
- London Road, Buntingford, SG9 9HZ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–9
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe in this warm, welcoming and inclusive community.”
- “Staff take time to get to know pupils' needs very well.”
- “Attentive, caring staff put in effective help and support so pupils thrive and succeed.”
To improve
- “A number of pupils arrive at the school with significant barriers to regular attendance.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 46 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.
- Millfield First and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Layston Church of England First School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Hormead Church of England (VA) First School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Jenyns First School and Nursery 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Anstey First School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roger De Clare First CofE School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
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