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Icknield Walk First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 335Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117278URN

Poplar Drive, Royston, SG8 7EZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 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
2.4per place
close to Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

141 applications for 59 places · 172nd of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 25 March 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 educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
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
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

141 applications · 59 places offered · 55 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  • 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 2026591412.4550.93
Sep 2025591592.7550.93
Sep 2024591632.8681.15
Sep 2023601913.2801.33
Sep 2022601672.8661.10
Sep 2021601532.6691.15
Sep 2020601732.9651.08
Sep 2019601722.9631.05
Sep 2018601312.2621.03
Sep 2017601552.6641.07
Sep 2016581652.8611.05
Sep 2015591432.4671.14
Sep 2014601272.1651.08

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
117278 · 919/2331
Capacity
360 pupils · 335 on roll
Free school meals
10.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Poplar Drive, Royston, SG8 7EZ
Local authority
Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire

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