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Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Neal Street, Watford WD18 0WF · fieldinfants.herts.sch.uk · 01923 227306
On the mapSearch near WD18 0WF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 0.48 mi
- 0.77 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 231
- 96% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.1%
- First language not English
- 60.2%
- 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 0.48 mi (772 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.48 mi (780 m). Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 74% 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 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 74% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 75 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 96% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Not Nearest School | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.48 mi0.77 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.48 mi0.78 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.85 mi1.37 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.74 mi1.19 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement May 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 29
- 13% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied