Mill Mead Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Hertford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.30 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.25

0.29

0.30

0.22

0.33

0.38

0.31

0.30

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Mill Mead Primary Academy is a primary school in Hertford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Mill Mead Primary Academy 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	0.30 mi
Reception 2025	0.31 mi
Reception 2024	0.38 mi
Reception 2023	0.33 mi
Reception 2022	0.22 mi
Reception 2021	0.30 mi
Reception 2020	0.29 mi
Reception 2019	0.25 mi
Reception 2018	0.33 mi
Reception 2017	0.25 mi
Reception 2016	0.34 mi
Reception 2015	0.28 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 lived 0.30 miles from the school, under one of its admission criteria.
The Reception last distance in 2026 was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
For Reception 2026, there were 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
6% of pupils were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 14.1%.

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: Mill Mead Primary School Port Vale, Hertford, SG14 3AA
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 216 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.2

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Abel Smith School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Bengeo Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Hollybush Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Morgans Primary School & Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Hertford St Andrew CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
Wheatcroft Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published