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Cassiobury Infant and Nursery School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 310Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117293URN

Bellmount Wood Avenue, Watford, WD17 3PE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

223 applications for 89 places · 158th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 11 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
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
2.5applications per place, Reception
close to Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

223 applications · 89 places offered · 79 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 4.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 4.2; 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 2026892232.5790.89
Sep 2025902192.4770.86
Sep 2024902602.9740.82
Sep 2023902913.2890.99
Sep 2022903113.5921.02
Sep 2021862603.0790.92
Sep 2020902943.3780.87
Sep 2019903063.4890.99
Sep 2018903003.3941.04
Sep 2017883213.7790.90
Sep 2016903553.9830.92
Sep 2015893994.51051.18
Sep 2014903814.21041.16

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
117293 · 919/2354
Capacity
310 pupils · 310 on roll
Free school meals
3.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Bellmount Wood Avenue, Watford, WD17 3PE
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Watford

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