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Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Downes Road, St. Albans AL4 9NT · wheatfieldsinfants.herts.sch.uk · 01727 859978
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 243
- 33 over 210 places · 116%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.5%
- First language not English
- 21.8%
- 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 40 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 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 52 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 72 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 88 | 70 | 0.8 | 99% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.87 mi1.40 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.07 mi1.72 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (40 allocations for 60 places).
Every applicant was offered a place (62 allocations for 90 places).
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 117268), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117268)
Nov 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117268)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (113 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 113
- 40% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (16%) with SEND