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Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Shenley Road, Hemel Hempstead HP2 7JZ · holtsmereinfants.herts.sch.uk · 01442 211963
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 201
- 21 over 180 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
- First language not English
- 38.3%
- 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, 48 families put the school first and 57 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 | 57 | 48 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 72% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 57 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 53 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 50 | 0.8 | 90% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.41 mi0.66 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.32 mi0.52 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.31 mi0.50 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (58 allocations for 60 places).
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School 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: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 24
- 11% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied