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Icknield Infant and Nursery School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 206Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117186URN

Archers Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4UN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 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
1.7per place
0.9 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

84 applications for 51 places · 293rd of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 3 June 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 educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early years provisionGood

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
1.7applications per place, Reception
0.9 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

84 applications · 51 places offered · 38 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 1.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 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 202651841.7380.75
Sep 2025571011.8510.89
Sep 2024571001.8490.86
Sep 2023691311.9660.96
Sep 2022691201.7610.88
Sep 2021621242.0540.87
Sep 2020691201.7640.93
Sep 2019601131.9530.88
Sep 2018721351.9580.81
Sep 2017841191.4560.67
Sep 2016821371.7650.79
Sep 2015901461.6740.82
Sep 2014841131.4590.70

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
117186 · 919/2165
Capacity
342 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals
26.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Archers Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4UN
Local authority
Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire

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