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Northfields Infants and Nursery School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 138Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117223URN

Burley, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4PT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.4 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

64 applications for 29 places · 210th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 30 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 30 April 2024
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  2. 7 December 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

64 applications · 29 places offered · 30 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.1; 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 202629642.2301.03
Sep 202530662.2351.17
Sep 202441812.0400.98
Sep 202337762.1340.92
Sep 202238912.4360.95
Sep 2021521032.0480.92
Sep 2020481082.3440.92
Sep 2019501092.2480.96
Sep 2018601111.9570.95
Sep 2017601312.2611.02
Sep 2016601312.2621.03
Sep 2015601422.4601.00
Sep 2014601272.1611.02

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
117223 · 919/2228
Capacity
180 pupils · 138 on roll
Free school meals
23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Burley, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4PT
Local authority
Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire

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