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Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 240Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117133URN

Malvern Way, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3QQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
close to Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

150 applications for 57 places · 140th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 25 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.6applications per place, Reception
close to Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

150 applications · 57 places offered · 58 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026571502.6581.02
Sep 2025601502.5590.98
Sep 2024621502.4500.81
Sep 2023781742.2650.83
Sep 2022821632.0720.88
Sep 2021901932.1981.09
Sep 2020901872.1770.86
Sep 2019902022.2901.00
Sep 2018901842.0931.03
Sep 2017902172.4941.04
Sep 2016902052.31011.12
Sep 2015902152.41031.14
Sep 2014902022.2800.89

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
117133 · 919/2084
Capacity
270 pupils · 240 on roll
Free school meals
3.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Malvern Way, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3QQ
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Three Rivers

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources