Hillshott Infant School and Nursery

Community school·Infant school Letchworth, Hertfordshire·SG6 1QE

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Hillshott Infant School and Nursery 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

87%

53 first choices, 59 places

First choices per place

0.90

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

157

any preference, for 59 places

Last place offered lived

0.92 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1486 m

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

1.1320220.9320231.0820240.8820250.902026

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).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 209
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

26.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

9.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

11.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,222

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Pixmore Junior School Letchworth · 0.2 mi 27.7 Garden City Academy Letchworth Garden City · 0.6 mi 50.2 Wilbury Junior School Letchworth Garden City · 0.9 mi 49.1 Lordship Farm Primary School Letchworth Garden City · 1.0 mi 43.9 St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Letchworth Garden City · 1.1 mi 48.5 Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School Letchworth Garden City · 1.1 mi 58.2 St Mary's Junior Mixed School Baldock · 1.1 mi 25.1 Stonehill School Letchworth Garden City · 1.2 mi 47.7

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

Hillshott Infant School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, Hillshott Infant School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 209 pupils aged 3 to 7.

87% of the families who made Hillshott Infant School and Nursery their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.92 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 21.0 pupils per teacher. Hillshott Infant School and Nursery 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.