Icknield Walk First School

Community school·First school Royston, Hertfordshire·SG8 7EZ

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Icknield Walk First School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. 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 first 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

100%

55 first choices, 59 places

First choices per place

0.93

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

141

any preference, for 59 places

Last place offered lived

0.40 mi

straight line, 2025 intake · 643 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

1.1020221.3320231.1520240.9320250.932026

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 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 345
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

7.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,787

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

King James Academy Royston Royston · 0.2 mi 35.5 St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School Royston · 0.3 mi 61.2 Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School Nr Buntingford · 5.0 mi 53.4 Ashwell Primary School Baldock · 6.0 mi 83.1 Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford · 7.1 mi 30.3

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

About Icknield Walk First School

Icknield Walk First School is a primary school in Royston, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 345 pupils aged 3 to 9 attend the school.

Icknield Walk First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 55 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.40 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Icknield Walk First 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.