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Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Northfield Gardens, Watford WD24 7RL · parkgateinfants.herts.sch.uk · 01923 221984
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 202
- 96% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
- First language not English
- 61.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 100% 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 | 56 | 38 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 50 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 47 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.68 mi1.10 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.43 mi2.31 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (3 children with no preference met were placed there).
Every applicant was offered a place (58 allocations for 60 places).
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 July 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 10 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 33
- 16% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied