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Hartford Infant and Preschool

  • 3–7Ages
  • 152Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 143870URN

Mayfield Crescent, Hartford, Huntingdon, PE29 1UL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.2 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

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72 applications for 36 places · 44th of 162 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.2 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

72 applications · 36 places offered · 34 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median

Dashed bars: as Hartford Infant School (URN 110711), the previous school.

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 202636722.0340.94
Sep 202541812.0400.98
Sep 202428612.2250.89
Sep 202355841.5551.00
Sep 2022571051.8571.00
Sep 202157931.6601.05
Sep 202056851.5561.00
Sep 2019591081.8681.15
Sep 2018491042.1491.00
Sep 2017561011.8510.91
Sep 2016 *601141.9621.03
Sep 2015 *601212.0590.98
Sep 2014 *601212.0661.10

Schools nearby

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  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
143870 · 873/2252
Trust
The Cam Academy Trust
Capacity
180 pupils · 152 on roll
Free school meals
13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 January 2017
Replaced
Hartford Infant School (URN 110711)
Address
Mayfield Crescent, Hartford, Huntingdon, PE29 1UL
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Huntingdonshire

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