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Hartford Infant and Preschool
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Mayfield Crescent, Hartford, Huntingdon PE29 1UL · hartfordinfantschool.org · 01480 398046
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 152
- 84% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- First language not English
- 25%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 36 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 36 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Hartford Infant and Preschool was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Nov 2005Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 31
- 15% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied