Forres Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.68 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.65

0.61

0.64

0.66

0.65

0.22

0.68

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Forres Primary Academy is a primary school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Forres 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	0.68 mi
Reception 2025	0.22 mi
Reception 2024	0.65 mi
Reception 2023	0.65 mi
Reception 2022	0.66 mi
Reception 2021	0.64 mi
Reception 2020	0.61 mi
Reception 2019	0.65 mi
Reception 2018	0.66 mi
Reception 2017	0.65 mi
Reception 2016	0.68 mi
Reception 2015	0.68 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
The last Reception place in 2026, for children whose nearest school it was, went to a child 0.68 miles away, the longest of the 12 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 drew 14 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer and the 13th lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
Free school meal eligibility stands at 33.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 16.3% 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: Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0RW
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 199 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 33.7% of pupils eligible

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)	54%	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: 14 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 14 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.

The Cranbourne Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Roselands Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
High Leigh Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
St Cross Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published