Shillington Lower School
Greenfields, Hitchin, SG5 3NX
94 pupils · 63% of 150 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 15.7%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 July 2023, published 19 September 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.9 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 10 | 9 | 28 | 10 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 20 | 19 | 30 | 20 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 15 | 14 | 27 | 15 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 13 | 12 | 23 | 12 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 18 | 17 | 32 | 18 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 18 | 18 | 32 | 18 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 25 | 23 | 47 | 25 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 26 | 25 | 49 | 25 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Gravenhurst Academy 1.8 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Meppershall Church of England Academy 2.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Stondon Lower School 3.1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Pirton School 3.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Campton Academy 3.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Shefford Lower School 4.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.