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Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 202Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117374URN

Nascot Wood Road, Watford, WD17 4YT · 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
5.0per place
2.4 above Hertfordshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

296 applications for 59 places · 7th of 314 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 31 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
5.0applications per place, Reception
2.4 above Hertfordshire median (2.6) 2.8 above England median (2.2)

296 applications · 59 places offered · 103 named it first

  1. 2026 5.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  3. 2024 5.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  4. 2023 5.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  5. 2022 6.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  6. 2021 5.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  7. 2020 6.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 6.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  9. 2018 5.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 5.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 7.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
  12. 2015 7.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
  13. 2014 7.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 13 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 2026592965.01031.75
Sep 2025603235.41131.88
Sep 2024593035.11141.93
Sep 2023603175.31071.78
Sep 2022593576.11212.05
Sep 2021573365.91242.18
Sep 2020603596.01071.78
Sep 2019603756.31191.98
Sep 2018603095.2921.53
Sep 2017593485.91131.92
Sep 2016604207.01242.07
Sep 2015594507.61192.02
Sep 2014604347.21272.12

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
117374 · 919/2991
Capacity
180 pupils · 202 on roll
Free school meals
4.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Nascot Wood Road, Watford, WD17 4YT
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Watford

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