Creswick Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.39 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.53

0.54

0.46

0.39

0.46

0.42

0.38

0.39

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Creswick Academy is a primary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Creswick 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	0.39 mi
Reception 2025	0.38 mi
Reception 2024	0.42 mi
Reception 2023	0.46 mi
Reception 2022	0.39 mi
Reception 2021	0.46 mi
Reception 2020	0.54 mi
Reception 2019	0.53 mi
Reception 2018	0.34 mi
Reception 2017	0.36 mi
Reception 2016	0.25 mi
Reception 2015	0.32 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 40% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place among children for whom it was the nearest school lived 0.39 miles away, about the same as in 2025.
Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Of its pupils, 26.2% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.7% 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: Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4FL
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 325 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 26.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.5

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	40%	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: 35 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 35 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.

Our Lady Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Holwell Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Peartree Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Applecroft School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Commonswood Primary & Nursery School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
The Ryde School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Panshanger Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published