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The Giles Infant and Nursery School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 325Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117316URN

Durham Road, Stevenage, SG1 4JQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 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

152 applications for 62 places · 164th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 21 February 2023
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 26 February 2020
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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)

152 applications · 62 places offered · 53 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.3; 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 2.7; 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 2026621522.5530.85
Sep 2025861742.0740.86
Sep 2024902032.3840.93
Sep 2023861932.2720.84
Sep 2022831912.3700.84
Sep 2021681812.7600.88
Sep 2020901912.1780.87
Sep 2019901902.1800.89
Sep 2018901872.1840.93
Sep 2017681552.3610.90
Sep 2016781732.2620.79
Sep 2015611492.4520.85
Sep 2014591592.7570.97

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
117316 · 919/2394
Capacity
360 pupils · 325 on roll
Free school meals
14.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Durham Road, Stevenage, SG1 4JQ
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Stevenage

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