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Hillshott Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Ridge Avenue, Letchworth SG6 1QE · hillshott.herts.sch.uk · 01462 670398
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Last distance offered
- 0.92 mi
- 1.49 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 202
- 22 over 180 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.6%
- First language not English
- 8.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Not Nearest School” went to a home 0.92 mi (1.49 km) from the school. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 87% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.92 mi1.49 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.73 mi1.18 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.80 mi1.28 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place (2 children with no preference met were placed there).
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hillshott Infant School and Nursery on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Apr 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (49 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 49
- 23% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied