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Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Clothall Road, Baldock SG7 6PB · hartsfield.herts.sch.uk · 01462 895267
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.66 mi
- 1.07 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 409
- 97% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
- First language not English
- 5.4%
- 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 0.66 mi (1.07 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 2.35 mi (3.78 km). Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 67 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 84% 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 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Not Nearest School | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.66 mi1.07 km | |
| September 2025 | 2.35 mi3.78 km | |
| September 2024 | 5.32 mi8.57 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.49 mi0.78 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (84 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 84
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (23%) with SEND