Millfield First and Nursery School

Community school·First school Buntingford, Hertfordshire·SG9 9DT

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Millfield First and Nursery 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%

41 first choices, 42 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 42 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9820221.1720231.0020240.9820250.982026

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

Every child who put Millfield First and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 318
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.6%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

11.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

17.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,772

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford · 0.3 mi 30.3 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Ware · 4.0 mi 51.6 Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School Nr Buntingford · 4.1 mi 53.4 Ralph Sadleir School Ware · 4.2 mi 27.2 Furneux Pelham Church of England School Furneux Pelham · 4.5 mi 27.3 Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ware · 4.8 mi 36.4 Walkern Primary School Stevenage · 4.9 mi 67.7 Benington Church of England Primary School Stevenage · 5.0 mi 60.3

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

Millfield First and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, Millfield First and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 318 pupils aged 3 to 9. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Millfield First and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 42 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 17.9 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.