Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School

Voluntary aided school·Infant school Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire·HP4 3HA

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Victoria Church of England 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

100%

30 first choices, 39 places

First choices per place

0.77

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 39 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8220220.8620230.7320240.7620250.772026

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

Every child who put Victoria Church of England Infant 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

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 137
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

4.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

2.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

1.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

14.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£9,804

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Berkhamsted · 0.7 mi 51.7 Greenway Primary and Nursery School Berkhamsted · 0.8 mi 63.0 Bridgewater Primary School Berkhamsted · 0.9 mi 60.4 Westfield Primary School Berkhamsted · 1.0 mi 24.2 The Thomas Coram Church of England School Berkhamsted · 1.0 mi 51.2 St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch Berkhamsted · 1.3 mi 46.1 Potten End CofE Primary School Berkhamsted · 1.8 mi 46.5 Pixies Hill Primary School Hemel Hempstead · 2.8 mi 54.6

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

Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 137 pupils aged 3 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 39 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 2.7%. There are about 14.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 4% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. If you are considering Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.