Strathmore Infant and Nursery School

Community school·Infant school Hitchin, Hertfordshire·SG5 1XR

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Strathmore Infant and Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

95%

61 first choices, 59 places

First choices per place

1.03

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

153

any preference, for 59 places

Last place offered lived

0.74 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1194 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17

00.511.5

1 per place

1.1920221.0520231.1020240.8720251.032026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 187
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

3.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

10.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.7%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.6%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,824

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Our Lady Catholic Primary School Hitchin · 0.2 mi 45.2 Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy Hitchin · 0.5 mi 52.5 Oughton Primary and Nursery School Hitchin · 0.7 mi 34.7 Ickleford Primary School Hitchin · 0.8 mi 75.0 Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School Hitchin · 0.8 mi 77.9 St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin Hitchin · 0.9 mi 44.2 Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School Hitchin · 1.0 mi 61.7 William Ransom Primary School Hitchin · 1.2 mi 60.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Strathmore Infant and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Strathmore Infant and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 187 pupils aged 3 to 7.

Competition for places is real here - 95% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (61 first choices for 59 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.74 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Strathmore Infant and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.